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Elsinore. It's a real place in Denmark.
Hamlet is from Denmark. The play takes place at the castle of Elsinore and it is implied that this is the permanent residence of the court and the Danish Kings. If so, his home "town" is Elsinore Castle, which isn't a town at all. They talk about "the tragedians of the city" who have left the city to come to Elsinore. The play is vague about where this city is, just as it is about Hamlet's home town, since it doesn't matter to the way the play plays out.
It's called Elsinore in the play. The real-life city is Helsingør, a coastal city and regional capital in eastern Denmark. It was never actually the capital of the country, as it is in the play.
The play 'Hamlet' is the second-most quoted writing in the western world, after the Bible. It is the most-often performed of the Shakespeare plays. It's also the Shakespeare play which has had the most written about it. So it's an important play because it's an important part of western culture.
Do I like 'Hamlet'? As in the play? In which case, yes, I love it. I think it possibly the greatest story or play written EVER. But if you mean to I like the character of Hamlet then I would have to say that most of the time he doesn't appeal to me - he is a coward.
Elsinore. It's a real place in Denmark.
Hamlet is from Denmark. The play takes place at the castle of Elsinore and it is implied that this is the permanent residence of the court and the Danish Kings. If so, his home "town" is Elsinore Castle, which isn't a town at all. They talk about "the tragedians of the city" who have left the city to come to Elsinore. The play is vague about where this city is, just as it is about Hamlet's home town, since it doesn't matter to the way the play plays out.
Elsinore Castle, Denmark.
'Hamlet' is most basically a revenge play.
William Shakespeare's play Hamlet is subtitled "Prince of Denmark", as that is where the play takes place... Hamlet is the son of the late King of Denmark.
It's called Elsinore in the play. The real-life city is Helsingør, a coastal city and regional capital in eastern Denmark. It was never actually the capital of the country, as it is in the play.
Hamlet
The play 'Hamlet' is the second-most quoted writing in the western world, after the Bible. It is the most-often performed of the Shakespeare plays. It's also the Shakespeare play which has had the most written about it. So it's an important play because it's an important part of western culture.
The lines in Hamlet varies by how the lines are counted. Hamlet has roughly, 4,042 lines in the play. Hamlet does most of the speaking in the play and accounts for almost 50% of the lines in the play.
Hamlet is set in the Kingdom of Denmark, a Northern European nation. The time period in which Hamlet is set is unknown. However, it can be reasonably assumed that the play takes place in the Medieval period or in the fifteenth to sixteenth centuries.
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