hamlet's dresser

Hamlets Dresser
Hamlets Dresser, by Bob Smith, explores the theme of human loneliness with eloquence and offers a passionate appeal that the arts can be used as a healing tool to overcome the emotional ravages of loneliness. From reading Smiths book, one comes to understand that loneliness is many things, but learns that above all it is a feeling of despair that one is isolated and all alone in the world. This mistaken perspective is destructive, for it instills a profound sense of alienation and increases the suffering of lonely people.
Loneliness is a feeling of helpless vulnerability shaped by rejection from authority figures and society. Loneliness can have terrible consequences, for as a young, vulnerable boy, Smith felt profound rejection when he discovered that his teacher, Miss Shumaker, didn’t like him. His reaction was understandable but tragic, for, “it was right after I stopped pleasing everybody.” (Smith 139)
This reaction shows how lonel...