It's in Germany on the River Elbe. The University was founded in 1502 and was famously where Martin Luther studied and where he began the Protestant Reformation, or the Lutheran end of it anyway.
Hamlet studied at the University of Wittenberg
The death of his father and the marriage of his mother to his uncle Claudius cause Hamlet to leave Wittenberg.
Laertes wants to go to Paris, he's allowed to go to Paris. Hamlet wants to go to Wittenberg, and what he gets is "As for your desire to return to school in Wittenberg, it is most retrograde to our desire." Hamlet has to stay at home so his uncle can keep an eye on him.
Claudius denies Hamlet from heading back to Wittenberg. It should be noted that Hamlet made the choice himself, but was persuaded by Claudius to say no.
Ophelia, who drowns (maybe a suicide as she is mad and so falls into the water). She is mad out of grief for her father polonius, who Hamlet killed accidentally.
Hamlet studied at the University of Wittenberg
The death of his father and the marriage of his mother to his uncle Claudius cause Hamlet to leave Wittenberg.
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Wittenberg is a town in Germany, located in Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated on the river Elbe with a population of about 50,000. Its official name is Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
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Hamlet says it to himself in the play: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke
I know it was his most famous.
Hamlet. It's Shakespeare's longest play, and Hamlet talks for 37% of it.
They both say they want Hamlet to stay at Elsinore Castle instead of going back to school at Wittenberg.
The longest play is Hamlet, which is the only Shakespeare play with more than thirty thousand words
As Hamlet says, "words, words, words".