William Shakespeare

Hamlet William Shakespeare

Once upon a time on a dark winter night, a ghost appears on the ramparts of Castle Elsinore in Denmark. It closely resembles the recently deceased king of Denmark... Hamlet is William Shakespeare's most popular, and most puzzling, play. It follows the form of a "classic revenge tragedy," in which the hero Hamlet, seeks vengeance against his father's murderer, his uncle Claudius, now the king of Denmark. Much of its intrigue lies in its uncertainties. There are many questions: What is the Ghost - Hamlet's father demanding justice, a tempting demon, an angelic messenger, or a dream? Does Hamlet actually go mad, or merely pretend to? Once he is sure that Claudius is a murderer, why does he not act straight away? Was his mother, Gertrude, unfaithful to her husband or complicit in the murder?William Shakespeare's Hamlet is not just a tale of a mad prince out to revenge his father's death. It is also the story of the struggle of a nation against its fate. It is the narrative of human willpower battling the odds. It is not only the story of a man at war with the world around him, but also the tale of a man in conflict with his own mind. A must read classic Shakespearean play!