My Hamlet In Shakespeare's 'Brooks Was Here'

My Hamlet would be set in a modern Denmark, inspired by Ancient Rome, that has a stratocracy, a government where the state and the military are the same. Hamlet, along with most of the males in the play, would be in the military, as soldiers, analytics, or leaders. The looming subplot of the war with Norway begin in media res, as what has been leading to this possible war has begun during or even before King Hamlet’s life. This warlike background would explain how Laertes could have overthrown Claudius within a relatively short amount of time. However, this is important to the character of Hamlet, who would have a militaristic upbringing and therefore his philosophical lamentations are seen as increasingly out of place.
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