Dec 28, 2009

Hamlet | Essential Facts

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...