Hamlet
Hamlet is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare and is believed to have been first published in 1603.[1] Template:Spoiler 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, Prince Hamlet of Denmark 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, but not to harm his queen.
In attempt to exploit his uncle's guilt, Hamlet feigned madness. Polonius, the king's counselor and daughter of Ophelia, who believed Hamlet to love her, conspired to spy on Hamlet in order to demonstrate to the king and queen that it was this love that drove him mad. However, when they were alone, Hamlet did not express any love for Ophelia, the commoner, and instead insist that she go to a nunnery.
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- ↑ Hamlet; An analysis of the play by Shakespeare (Accessed April 19th, 2007).