Prince Hamlet is the title role and protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.
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24 Facts About Prince Hamlet
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Prince Hamlet is indirectly involved in the deaths of his love Ophelia and of his mother Gertrude.
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Prince Hamlet follows Claudius into his chambers in order to kill him, but stops when he sees his uncle praying; he does not want to kill Claudius while he is in a state of grace because Hamlet wants Claudius to suffer in purgatory and Claudius has just attempted to cleanse his sin through confession.
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Prince Hamlet arrives with Horatio and banters with one of them, who unearths the skull of a jester whom Prince Hamlet once knew, Yorick.
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Prince Hamlet interrupts, professing his own love and grief for Ophelia.
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Later that day, Prince Hamlet tells Horatio how he escaped death on his journey, disclosing that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern have been sent to their deaths instead.
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Name Prince Hamlet occurs in the form Amleth in a 13th-century book of Danish History written by Saxo Grammaticus, popularised by Francois de Belleforest as L'histoire tragique d'Prince Hamlet, and appearing in the English translation as "Hamblet".
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Prince Hamlet says that he will not kill his uncle because death would send him straight to heaven, while his father is in purgatory doing penance for his sins.
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Prince Hamlet says that he would much rather take a stab at the murderer while he is frolicking in the "incestuous sheets", or gambling and drinking, so he could be sure of his going straight to hell.
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Prince Hamlet said in his essay "The Oedipus-Complex as an Explanation of Hamlet's Mystery: A Study in Motive":.
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern tend to find the stalled ambitions of a courtier in their former schoolmate's behaviour, whereas Claudius seems to be concerned with Prince Hamlet's motivation only so far as it reveals the degree to which his nephew is a potential threat.
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Ophelia, like her father, waits in vain for Prince Hamlet to give her signs of affection, and Horatio would have little reason to think that Prince Hamlet was concerned with anything more pressing than the commandment of the ghost.
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One aspect of Prince Hamlet's character is the way in which he reflects other characters, including the play's primary antagonist, Claudius.
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Prince Hamlet is, in some form, a reflection of most other characters in the play :.
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Yorick, the dead jester whose skull Prince Hamlet holds during this scene, is said to have been in the earth "three-and-twenty years, " which would make Prince Hamlet no more than seven years old when he last rode on Yorick's back.
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Prince Hamlet attends the University of Wittenberg, and members of the royalty and nobility did not attend university at age 30.
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Prince Hamlet is dethroned by the spectre of an actor, and we shall never be able to keep the usurper out of our dreams.
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Prince Hamlet is encountered by Richard III of England, who tells him that he is the "Shadow King", a figure of prophecy.
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Prince Hamlet tells Hamlet that he must find and kill the wizard William Shakespeare and retrieve his quill.
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Prince Hamlet goes off, but is relentlessly pursued by assassins from Richard and his lieutenant, Iago.
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Prince Hamlet is eventually captured by the fool known as Falstaff, who helps him get out of the woods after an encounter with a being known as a Prodigal.
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