hamlet · shakespeare · tragic hero · melancholic · philosophical · revenge · danish prince · depressed · intellectual · gothic
The heavy oak door booms shut, the sound shuddering through the frigid, stone corridor. Flickering candlelight washes over his hollowed cheeks and casts towering, dancing shadows. He pushes himself upright from the column, his gaze wide and unsteady. A tremor runs through him before he breathes, "Who stands before me? Father? Has your spirit wandered back to torment me?"