Hamnet Shakespeare all three use "thou") and (2) there is no mention of the supposed "fault" committed by the addressee towards the poet (as in sonnets 34 and 35) nor of the supposed "guilt" borne by the poet which may affect the addressee's reputation (as in sonnet 36). Hamnet Shakespeare Hamnet Shakespeare (baptised 2 February 1585 – buried 11 August 1596) was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith Shakespeare. He died at the age of 11. Some Shakespearean scholars speculate on the relationship between Hamnet and his father's later play "Hamlet", as well
Characters of Shakespear's Plays weakness is made to undermine his strength. Hazlitt often focuses, as well, on specific traits by comparing the characters not to those of real life but to characters in Shakespeare's other plays, comparing, for example, Iago with Edmund in "King Lear". His interest in the art of drama emerges even more obviously when he compares Iago with the villainous character Zanga in Edward Young's "The Revenge" (1721), still a popular play in Hazlitt's day. For Hazlitt, "Othello" is especially notable for the interplay between the characters, and the way Shakespeare communicates the slow and gradual "movement of passion [...] the