King Claudius fearing Young Fortinbras of Norway may invade, has sent ambassadors to Norway to urge the King of Norway to restrain Young Fortinbras.

King Claudius, who now rules Denmark, has taken King Hamlet’s wife, Queen Gertrude as his new wife and Queen of Denmark. A ghost resembling the late King Hamlet is spotted on a platform before Elsinore Castle in Denmark. The play ends with a duel, during which the King, Queen, Hamlet’s opponent and Hamlet himself are all killed.īegins in Denmark with the news that King Hamlet of Denmark has recently died.ĭenmark is now in a state of high alert and preparing for possible war with Young Fortinbras of Norway. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet’s uncle. Hamlet is the longest play by Shakespeare’s and it delivers some immortal lines like

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