The Hamlet Project

This is one of those instances where the word
Means the opposite of what we think it means, isn’t it?
When he says “Doubt” he means “suspect,” I suspect
because why would he doubt
Something that has yet to be raised.
If I had a scholar’s note in front of me
I might find this alternate look at the word “doubt”
With all the instances in which it was used
As its opposite
But I always get contrary
With these contrary meanings
And wonder if I couldn’t play the word as it reads now –
If Hamlet, for example, were to both raise and dismiss the idea of foul play
In an instant.
That would be awfully interesting.