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}}</ref> This classic tale depicts the days of a young man named Hamlet in the months following his father's death. Finding it uncomely that his mother would wed his uncle so soon after this tragic event, Hamlet wrestles with the question of whether his father's death was the result of a natural snake bight, as had been told. | }}</ref> This classic tale depicts the days of a young man named Hamlet in the months following his father's death. Finding it uncomely that his mother would wed his uncle so soon after this tragic event, Hamlet wrestles with the question of whether his father's death was the result of a natural snake bight, as had been told. | ||
It was in this time that the king's ghost appeared to the city guards. When Hamlet was made aware of this, he spent the night at the post, awaiting his father's soul. | It was in this time that the king's ghost appeared to the city guards. When Hamlet was made aware of this, he spent the night at the post, awaiting his father's soul. His father bid him come and walk. In spite of his comrade's objections, Hamlet followed. After Hamlet declared that he would go no further, the ghost began to speak of his murder. His death was not the natural that had been told, but of poison at the hand of his own brother, who had soon married Hamlet's mother. The kingly figure asked Hamlet to avenge him for his tortured soul in purgatory. | ||
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Revision as of 14:39, 19 April 2007
Hamlet is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare and is believed to be have been first published in 1603.[1] This classic tale depicts the days of a young man named Hamlet in the months following his father's death. Finding it uncomely that his mother would wed his uncle so soon after this tragic event, Hamlet wrestles with the question of whether his father's death was the result of a natural snake bight, as had been told.
It was in this time that the king's ghost appeared to the city guards. When Hamlet was made aware of this, he spent the night at the post, awaiting his father's soul. His father bid him come and walk. In spite of his comrade's objections, Hamlet followed. After Hamlet declared that he would go no further, the ghost began to speak of his murder. His death was not the natural that had been told, but of poison at the hand of his own brother, who had soon married Hamlet's mother. The kingly figure asked Hamlet to avenge him for his tortured soul in purgatory.
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- ↑ Hamlet; An analysis of the play by Shakespeare (Accessed April 19th, 2007).