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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Type of Work:

Tragic drama

Setting

Elsinore, Denmark; c. 1200

Principal Characters

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark and son of the former king The Ghost, Hamlet's dead father
Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, and Queen of Denmark
Claudius, Hamlet's uncle and new stepfather, and now, King of Denmark
Polonius, Claudius'chief counselor
Laertes, Polonius' son
Ophelia, Polonius' obedient daughter
Horatio, Hamlet's faithful friend

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