Modern Day America Analysis

The third thing about Modern day America that would have driven Hamlet insane is the skeptical attitude that modern day society has toward the idea of being able to ‘see’ apparitions. His father’s admonitions of danger and demands for vengeance would have likely had Hamlet committed had he confided these things to anyone from the present-day. His matter of fact acceptance of the sight of his father’s ghost as real is apparent from the following passage:

His writing down of the message “Adieu, adieu! Remember me” that he swears when his father’s ghost takes its leave would likely have been discovered by King Claudius again through the surveillance technology available in the present day