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    Hamlet
    Hamlet
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    Hamlet

    By William Shakespeare

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    One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for oblivion with his duty as avenger. The ghost, Hamlet’s feigned madness, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, the “closet scene” in which Hamlet accuses his mother of complicity in murder, and breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet an enduring masterpiece of the theater.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGreen World Classics
    Release dateJan 10, 2022
    ISBN9789897784217
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    William Shakespeare

    William Shakespeare is the world's greatest ever playwright. Born in 1564, he split his time between Stratford-upon-Avon and London, where he worked as a playwright, poet and actor. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two, leaving three children—Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. The rest is silence.

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      Hamlet - William Shakespeare

      Hamlet

      Table of Contents

      Act I

      Scene I

      Scene II

      Scene III

      Scene IV

      Scene V

      Act II

      Scene I

      Scene II

      Act III

      Scene I

      Scene II

      Scene III

      Scene IV

      Act IV

      Scene I

      Scene II

      Scene III

      Scene IV

      Scene V

      Scene VI

      Scene VII

      Act V

      Scene I

      Scene II

      Hamlet

      The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

      William Shakespeare

      Copyright © 2017 Green World Classics

      All Rights Reserved.

      This publication is protected by copyright. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.

      Act I

      Scene I

      Elsinore. a Platform Before the Castle

      FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO

      BERNARDO

      Who's there?

      FRANCISCO

      Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself.

      BERNARDO

      Long live the king!

      FRANCISCO

      Bernardo?

      BERNARDO

      He.

      FRANCISCO

      You come most carefully upon your hour.

      BERNARDO

      'Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco.

      FRANCISCO

      BERNARDO

      Have you had quiet guard?

      FRANCISCO

      Not a mouse stirring.

      BERNARDO

      FRANCISCO

      I think I hear them. Stand, ho! Who's there?

      [Enter HORATIO and MARCELLUS]

      HORATIO

      Friends to this ground.

      MARCELLUS

      And liegemen to the Dane.

      FRANCISCO

      Give you good night.

      MARCELLUS

      FRANCISCO

      [Exit]

      MARCELLUS

      Holla! Bernardo!

      BERNARDO

      HORATIO

      A piece of him.

      BERNARDO

      Welcome, Horatio: welcome, good Marcellus.

      MARCELLUS

      What, has this thing appear'd again to–night?

      BERNARDO

      I have seen nothing.

      MARCELLUS

      HORATIO

      Tush, tush, 'twill not appear.

      BERNARDO

      HORATIO

      BERNARDO

      [Enter Ghost]

      MARCELLUS

      Peace, break thee off; look, where it comes again!

      BERNARDO

      In the same figure, like the king that's dead.

      MARCELLUS

      Thou art a scholar; speak to it, Horatio.

      BERNARDO

      Looks it not like the king? mark it, Horatio.

      HORATIO

      Most like: it harrows me with fear and wonder.

      BERNARDO

      It would be spoke to.

      MARCELLUS

      Question it, Horatio.

      HORATIO

      MARCELLUS

      It is offended.

      BERNARDO

      See, it stalks away!

      HORATIO

      Stay! speak, speak! I charge thee, speak!

      [Exit Ghost]

      MARCELLUS

      'Tis gone, and will not answer.

      BERNARDO

      HORATIO

      MARCELLUS

      Is it not like the king?

      HORATIO

      MARCELLUS

      HORATIO

      MARCELLUS

      HORATIO

      BERNARDO

      HORATIO

      Re–enter Ghost

      Cock crows

      MARCELLUS

      Shall I strike at it with my partisan?

      HORATIO

      Do, if it will not stand.

      BERNARDO

      'Tis here!

      HORATIO

      'Tis here!

      MARCELLUS

      'Tis gone!

      [Exit Ghost]

      BERNARDO

      It was about to speak, when the cock crew.

      HORATIO

      MARCELLUS

      HORATIO

      MARCELLUS

      [Exeunt]

      Scene II

      A Room of State in the Castle

      [Enter KING CLAUDIUS, QUEEN GERTRUDE, HAMLET, POLONIUS, LAERTES, VOLTIMAND, CORNELIUS, Lords, and Attendants]

      KING CLAUDIUS

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