# Hamlet — Representative Men character guide

> Hamlet in Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-v-shakespeare-or-the-poet

## Who they are

Shakespearean character, cited as a type of reflective genius.

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