THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK IS A TRAGEDY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. SET IN THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,THE PLAY DRAMATIZES THE REVENGE PRINCE HAMLET EXACTS ON HIS UNCLE CLAUDIUS FOR MURDERING KING HAMLET, CLAUDIUS' BROTHER AND PRINCE HAMLET'S FATHER, AND THEN SUCCEEDING TO THE THRONE AND TAKING AS HIS WIFE GERTRUDE, THE OLD KING'S WIDOW AND PRINCE HAMLET'S MOTHER.
GENRE: TRAGEDY
PLAYWRIGHT: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
THE PLAY VIVIDLY PORTRAYS BOTH TRUE AND FEIGNED MADNESS-FROM OVERWHELMING GRIEF TO SEETHING RAGE -AND EXPLORES THEMES OF TREACHERY, REVENGE,INCEST AND MORAL CORRUPTION.
TODAY HAMLET MAKES HISTORY AND GIVES US MORAL LESSON THAT REVENGE IS SWEET FOR A REASONABLE TRAGEDY....
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