... world as William Shakespeare's most famous tragedy, Hamlet, depicts a story of a young Dane Prince contending with feelings over the sudden death of his father King Hamlet, the rapid succession of his Uncle Claudius to the thrown which peculiarly bypasses the Prince, and the new King's swift marriage to Hamlets widowed mother Gertrude. Other issues that are ... , His canon" gainst self-slaughter. O God, O God" (lines 131-132) Although the soliloquy is depressing hearing the long summary of his life and the state of Denmark there is no reason to construe Hamlet is mad in any way shape or f...

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