Hamlet was probably written in 1600 or 1601 and first published in 1603.
The play is set in Denmark where Prince Hamlet's father has recently died. In the opening scene we are informed that a ghost, who is very similar to the dead king, has appeared to two sentinels. The latters decide to go to Hamlet to inform of what they have seen.
Hamlet is deeply upset by his father's death and his mother's hasty marriage to his dead father's brother, Claudius, who has become the new king.
After hearing of the ghost, Hamlet agrees to go onto
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