👉 Bludging is a term used in the context of literature, particularly in the works of William Shakespeare. It refers to the act of concealing or hiding something from one's audience or readers. In the play "Hamlet," Hamlet, the protagonist who has been tormented by his own inner turmoil, bludgeons and hurls insults at the courtiers, which are later revealed to be disguised letters written by Claudius, the king of Denmark, to warn him against harming himself. The