Yorick's Skull and the Graveyard
Hamlet's constant brooding about death and humanity comes to a head (grotesque pun intended) in the infamous graveyard scene,...Elsinore, Denmark: in and around the royal palace
The story of Hamlet is set in the late middle ages (14th and 15th centuries or, 1300 to 1499) in and a...Tragedy, Revenge Tragedy
Hamlet fits into the generic category of "Tragedy." More specifically, Hamlet is a classic "Revenge Tragedy," a p...Dark, Uncertain, Introspective, Tortured
When we talk about the play's "tone," we're talking about mood, atmosphere, and/or the play's attitude toward its subj...Verse and Prose
Hamlet, like Shakespeare's other plays, is written in a combination of verse (poetry) and prose (how we talk every day). (Note: The play...The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark…The title is pretty straightforward. The play is a tragedy about a guy named Hamlet, who is a prince in Denmark.
Hamlet is a revenge tragedy and all of Shakespeare's tragedies end in death. (You can read more about his by going to "Genre.") At the same time, the play's conclusion is deeply conce...
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