Hamlet

A prince, asked by his father's ghost to avenge a murder, thinks himself to the edge of ruin.

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7INT. ELSINORE. A HALL — NIGHT4 pgAlone at last, the prince turns on himself.

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HAMLET

Hamlet · William Shakespeare

To be, or not to be, that is the question:

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HAMLET

Hamlet · William Shakespeare

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it.

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Writer	William Shakespeare
Written	c. 1600
Pages	130
Reading time	~4 hrs
Monologues	2 indexed
Themes	revenge, madness, mortality, corruption
Principals	Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes

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