... Hamlet returns home from school after learning that his father is dead. When he arrives, he discovers his uncle Claudius is married to his mother Gertrude and is now king. Thing begin turning sour around him when his best friend Horatio and a couple guards show him a ghost who looks like his father. The ghost delivers a message to Hamlet, one that involves revenge by killing Claudius. ... disaster or catastrophe in Denmark, as to what happened before the death of Julius Caesar. From the start of the play, Denmark was already tainted and wrought with disease that would eventually continue ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School