Why should you read "Hamlet"? - Iseult Gillespie

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"Who's there?"Whispered in the dark, this question begins a tale of conspiracy, deception and moral ambiguity.

And in a play where everyone has something to hide, its answer is far from simple.

Written by William Shakespeare between 1599 and 1601, "Hamlet" depicts its titular character haunted by the past, but immobilized by the future.

Mere months after the sudden death of his father, Hamlet returns from school a stranger to his own home, and deeply unsure of what might be lurking in the shadows. But his brooding takes a turn when he's visited by a ghost that bears his father's face.

The phantom claims to be the victim of a "murder most foul," and convinces Hamlet that his uncle Claudius usurped the throne and stole queen Gertrude's heart.

The prince's mourning turns to rage, and he begins to plots his revenge on the new king and his court of conspirators.

The play is an odd sort of tragedy, lacking either the abrupt brutality or all-consuming romance that characterize Shakespeare's other work in the genre.

Instead it plumbs the depths of its protagonist's indecisiveness, and the tragic consequences thereof.

The ghost's revelation draws Hamlet into multiple dilemmas what should he do, who can he trust, and what role might he play in the course of justice?

These questions are complicated by a tangled web of characters, forcing Hamlet to negotiate friends, family, court counselors, and love interests, many of whom possess ulterior motives.

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