Full Title: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Author: William Shakespeare
Date of Composition: Likely between 1600 and 1602
Setting: Denmark
Main Characters: Hamlet, Ghost of King Hamlet, Gertrude, Claudius, Ophelia, Laertes, Polonius
Main Symbols:
- Ghost of King Hamlet. The Ghost is a symbol of the consequences of death in the afterlife.
Essential quotation: “I...
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