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Hamlet was not a real person, and he was never king of Denmark. The play Hamlet by Shakespeare is thought to be based on a story written by Saxo Grammaticus in 1200 AD called Vita Amlethi.Older written and oral traditions influenced Saxo's work.
The play itself is set in a contemporary time, so the time of theevents in the play would be around 1600.
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How does hamlet describe denmark to rosencrantz and guildenstern?
He says it is a prison.
When speaking with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern what is that hamlet says is a prison?
"Denmark's a prison."
What happened to fortinbras in hamlet?
He ends up being King of Denmark. Since the entire royal family of Denmark gets dead in the last act, and Fortinbras happens to be there with an army, he wins by default. Fortinbras says that he has some claim to the throne of Denmark. This is crap--he has no claim at all as Claudius showed clearly in the first act. He is just a scumbag adventurer who happens to be in the right place at the right time.
What do you think Hamlet means when he says mother you have my father much offended?
Hamlet is referring to his real father, who is dead, not his step-father. He means that his mother has insulted the memory of her late husband, the deceased king, by marrying Hamlet's uncle soon after the late king's death.
What is Claudius the king of in Hamlet?
Claudius was hamlets Uncle and later became his stepfather because his mother Queen Gertrude married Hamlets uncle "Claudius".
How does hamlet describe denmark to rosencrantz and guildenstern?
He says it is a prison.
When speaking with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern what is that hamlet says is a prison?
"Denmark's a prison."
What happened to fortinbras in hamlet?
He ends up being King of Denmark. Since the entire royal family of Denmark gets dead in the last act, and Fortinbras happens to be there with an army, he wins by default. Fortinbras says that he has some claim to the throne of Denmark. This is crap--he has no claim at all as Claudius showed clearly in the first act. He is just a scumbag adventurer who happens to be in the right place at the right time.
What do you think Hamlet means when he says mother you have my father much offended?
Hamlet is referring to his real father, who is dead, not his step-father. He means that his mother has insulted the memory of her late husband, the deceased king, by marrying Hamlet's uncle soon after the late king's death.
What is Claudius the king of in Hamlet?
Claudius was hamlets Uncle and later became his stepfather because his mother Queen Gertrude married Hamlets uncle "Claudius".
At the end of Hamlet does Horatio become king?
No, Fortinbras does as declared by Hamlet and Fortinbras. Fortinbras is on his way back from Poland and is expecting to see the king and say that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were executed, but instead he sees everyone dead and says it is his right to be king. Fortinbras then orders a funeral for Hamlet.
Why does claudius says he must hide the haste with which hamlet is being sent away?
Claudius says he must hide the haste with which Hamlet is being sent away because Hamlet is very popular with the people. He doesn't want the people of Denmark to suspect anything about Hamlet being sent away so quickly.
What did Hamlet do at the end of the play?
Marcellus says that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark while Hamlet leaves to meet the ghost dragging the dead body of Polonius with him. Gertrude watches him leave as she reports that Ophelia has just died. But perhaps it would be clearer if we knew which of the three scene 4s in Hamlet we were talking about.
What is the play Hamlet by William shakespeare about?
First AnswerHamlet, the son of the late King of Denmark, is told by the Ghost of his Father that his Uncle, the current King, murdered him, and the Ghost charges Hamlet to revenge him. Hamlet is not allowed out of the court and so pretends to be crazy while he waits for the perfect moment for his revenge. Then, just when the perfect moment seems to have arrived, he stabs a man he thinks is his uncle behind a curtain. Only it isn't his uncle, it's his uncle's counsellor and the father of his girlfriend Ophelia. This murder sets off a whole series of events. Second AnswerHamlet's dad the king of Denmark is murdered and her wife soon marries his brother. Hamlet suspects that his brother murdered his dad but cant prove it. Meanwhile Hamlet dumps Ophelia. He decides to device a plan to catch his father's murderer. He hires actors to act out the murder but says it was something that happened in Vienna. He starts to act crazy. the king grows very uncomfortable and runs out of the room. Soon Ophelia becomes crazy because she was so in love with Hamlet. In the end, Ophelia is dead, Hamlet dies, the King and Queen die.
Who arranges for Hamlet to be killed in England?
Claudius arranged for Rosencrantz And Guildenstern to take Hamlet to England with a letter that says to kill Hamlet. The letter is to be given to the King of England, but Hamlet steals the letter on the boat ride over, and replaces it with one that says to kill the bearer of this letter.
What is the content of the letters the king sends with rosencrantz and guildenstern to englandwith hamlet?
It says something along the lines of "Dear Friends in England, the two men bearing this letter are particularly annoying to the King of Denmark, who would like you, as soon as you read this and without giving them a chance to go to confession, to kill them straight away and send an ambassador back to Denmark confirming it, or we'll send more Vikings your way. Yours sincerely, Claudius King of Denmark."
In Hamlet by William Shakespeare Yorick has been dead for 23 years Hamlet knew him when Hamlet was a child Hamlet is 17 this makes no sense?
Who says Hamlet is 17? The gravedigger says (V,i, 150) that he started work as a gravedigger "the very day young Hamlet was born", and later (V,i, 164) "I have been sexton here, man and boy, thirty years". Which means of course that Hamlet is 30.
