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Shakespeare's Hamlet

Shakespeare's Hamlet


Shakespeare's Hamlet is longest play and among the most powerful and influential tragedies in English literature. Hamlet-like legends are so extensively found in Spain, Italy, Byzantium, Scandinavia, and Arabia, that the core "hero-as-fool" theme is possibly Ind-European in origin.


The Hamlet's story like-about prince of Denmark and recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who murdered the (her father) King, takes the throne and marries Hamlet’s mother.
Characters


 Hamlet: Son of the former King, and nephew of the present King.
Claudius: King of Denmark, and Hamlet's uncle.
Gertrude: Queen of Denmark, and mother to Hamlet.
Polonius: Lord Chamberlain
Ophelia: Daughter to Polonius
Horatio: Friend to Hamlet
Laertes: Son to Polonius
Voltimand and Cornelius: Courtiers Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: Courtiers, friends to Hamlet.
Osric: a Courtier
Marcellus: an Officer
Bernardo: an Officer
Francisco: a Soldier
Reynaldo: Servant to Polonius
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Fortinbras: Prince of Norway
Gravediggers: a Sexton, and a clown.
Player King, Player Queen, Lucianus, etc. – Players
 
Top 10 Shakespeare's Books:

1. Hamlet
2. Romeo and Juliet
3. Henry V
4. Midsummer Night’s Dream
5. Macbeth
6. Richard III
7. Julius Caesar
8. Twelfth Night or What You Will
9. The Taming of the Shrew
10. Othello, The Moor of Venice

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