Hamlet's Premature Disappearance In Hamlet By William Shakespeare

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upon his return at home, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is received by the truth that his father, the king had passed away and that his uncle married his mother. At this point, the elements of the tragedy are not combined. When his father's ghost appears to him and tells him the truth behind his premature disappearance, and his uncle has the big hand, begins a story of vengeance, paranoia and violence that sends the Prince into a madness that he will never recover and who will end up listening to the lives of several characters in

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