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The protagonist of Hamlet is Prince Hamlet of Denmark son of the recently deceased King Hamlet and nephew of King Claudius his father’s brother and successor. Claudius hastily married King Hamlet’s widow Gertrude Hamlet’s mother and took the throne for himself. Denmark has a long-standing feud with neighbouring Norway in which King Hamlet slew King Fortinbras of Norway in a battle some years ago. Although Denmark defeated Norway and the Norwegian throne fell to King Fortinbras’s infirm brot…
Claudius sends for two of Hamlet’s friends from Wittenberg to find out what is causing Hamlet so much pain. Claudius and his advisor Polonius persuade …
Fortinbras – Wikipedia
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What follows is an overview of the main characters in…