Hamlet

Hamlet Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, is a tragic play consisting of numerous deaths. The deaths that took place played a very important role in the unfolding of the play. In reading this play the reader can almost guess who was going to die. A prince named Hamlet is the main character. Hamlet is a college student who one day planned to take over the throne in Denmark, but treachery would spoil all of Hamlet¹s plans. The King, Hamlet¹s father, was found dead in an orchard where he spent much of his time. All of the King¹s subjects, including Hamlet, thought his majesty died because of a snake bite. Hamlet was devastated when he learned of his father¹s death, but what made him more uneasy was the fact that Gertrude, Hamlet¹s mother, remarried so quickly to the brother of the dead King. The brother would be the one who would betray Hamlet. Horatio, a loyal friend to Hamlet, was on night watch outside the castle, he told the prince of an incident when they saw an apparition who resembled King Hamlet. Hamlet came out the next night hoping to see the ghost. Sure enough, the ghost appeared and called to Hamlet, wanting hamlet, laertes, king, hamlet¹s, claudius, prince, poisoned, died, ophelia, dead, time, though, play, one, night, made, horatio, ghost, denmark, deaths, words, wine, whose, while, treble, thy, throne, thought, thee, sword, spirit, someone, snake, sleeping, say, polonius