Hamlet part 2: Hamlet, Laertes, Introspection, and Drama

A continuation of the analysis of Hamlet, both character and play.  What is the nature of Hamlet's interiority?  What relation does it have to his being a character in a drama?  How does he parallel, and how diverge, from Laertes?  The possibility that Claudius is Hamlet's father is treated, with respect to what this would mean from the point of view of the ghost.  The disappearance of the ghost in Act V is noted and considered.  Preferences among preferences or second order desires are introduced.