# Hamlet — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> Hamlet in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hamlet

**First appearance:** 0002-i-prejudices-of-philosophers

## Who they are

Shakespearean character referenced as a type of the reflective modern man.

## In the story

### [The Geography of Will and the Skeptic's Sedative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/208)

Prescribed by modern doctors as an antidote to the dangerous 'spirit' of denial, representing skeptical inaction.

### [The Sufferer's Pride and the Sanctity of the Mask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/270)

His cynicism is cited as an example of a mask for a broken, proud, and incurable heart.

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