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Hamlet's age is uncertain: is he 16 or 30?
'''''Hamlet''''', perhaps Shakespeare's most famous play, was written {{years ago|1600}} years ago. [[Mel Gibson]] called it "a story about a guy's relationship with his parents". It is a [[tragedy]] about incest, [[revenge]], [[madness]], [[homicide]], [[suicide]] and [[duel]]s to the death.
'''''Hamlet''''', perhaps Shakespeare's most famous play, was written {{years ago|1600}} years ago. [[Mel Gibson]] called it "a story about a guy's relationship with his parents". It is a [[tragedy]] about incest, [[revenge]], [[madness]], [[homicide]], [[suicide]] and [[duel]]s to the death.
The title character is the son of a murdered king, who appears in a ghostly meeting to the young prince. The dead king accuses his brother, Claudius, (young Hamlet's uncle) of murdering him.
The title character is the son of a murdered king, who appears in a ghostly meeting to the young prince.<ref>[[Harold Bloom]]: "When we first encounter him, Hamlet is a university student who is not being permitted to return to his studies. He does not appear to be more than twenty years old, yet in Act V he is revealed to be at least thirty, after a passage of a few weeks at most." [http://www.princehamlet.com/chapter_1.html]</ref> The dead king accuses his brother, Claudius, (young Hamlet's uncle) of murdering him.
As Prince Hamlet investigates, he faces a conspiracy involving schoolmates Rosencrantz and Guildenstern; [[Ophelia]]'s father [[Polonius]]; and even his own mother.
As Prince Hamlet investigates, he faces a conspiracy involving schoolmates Rosencrantz and Guildenstern; [[Ophelia]]'s father [[Polonius]]; and even his own mother.