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Hamlet: Synopsis

Shakespeare Anyone?

CHAPTER

The Murder of Gonzago by Hamlet

Hamlet asks if the troop can perform a play entitled The Murder of Gonzago. Claudius Gertrude, Polonius, Ophelia, Rosenkranz, Gildernstern and other lords enter. Hamlet is left alone on stage to remark at how incredible he finds it that the player could act so well. This actor could summon up tears for a pretend other character. In comparison, Hamlet says he is poor in spirits and lacks action. He notes that the ghost of his father that he saw would have been a devil as the devil has the power to appear in a form we desire. As this could all be a trick of the devil as a

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