Hamlet
Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, is a tragic play consisting of numerous deaths. The deaths that took place played a very important role in the unfolding of the play. In reading this play the reader can almost guess who was going to die.
A prince named Hamlet is the main character. Hamlet is a college student who one day planned to take over the throne in Denmark, but treachery would spoil all of Hamlet's plans. The King, Hamlet's father, was found dead in an orchard where he spent much of his time. All of the King's subjects, including Hamlet, thought his majesty died because of a snake bite. Hamlet was devastated when he learned of his father's death, but what made him ...
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Claudius poisoned the King while he was sleeping, "Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard,/ a serpent stung me� (1.5, 36) but it was not a snake that the ghost is referring to. The spirit wanted the prince to avenge his murder.
All was quiet in the kingdom until the start of Hamlet's supposed insanity. The Prince was with his mother talking when the prince noticed someone in the room. Hamlet thought it was Claudius, "How now? A rat? Dead for a ducat, dead! " (3.4,25) Indeed Hamlet killed someone; but it was not Claudius, twas Polonius who was slain.
Time had gone by and supposedly Hamlet was getting worse, so Claudius decided to send Hamlet to an asylum in England. Hamlet escaped and returned to Denmark and hid. While Hamlet was away, Ophelia, Hamlet's girlfriend, was acting strangely.
Although it was never admitted, Ophelia had become insane. It was her insanity that.
As Hamlet was hiding in the graveyard, a funeral procession ...
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