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Hamlet

by William Shakespeare · 1603

Classics · ranked #15 in category

The prince of Denmark is commanded by his father's ghost to avenge his murder by his uncle Claudius, who has married Hamlet's mother and taken the throne. Shakespeare's most analysed play circles the question of why Hamlet delays, producing a meditation on consciousness, action, mortality and the impossibility of certainty.

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Category
Classics
First published
1603 · 1600s
Author
William Shakespeare
Standing
Essential Read

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