On William Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
New Books in Western European Studies
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Hamlet's Final Scene
Claudius sends Hamlet to England with a sealed letter that's carried by Hamlet's old fellow students, Rosenkranz and Guildenstern. They are going to tell the English authorities that on receipt of the letter there to kill Hamlet for him. Ophelia goes out of her mind after learning that Hamlet has killed her father. Her brother Laertes arrives back from Paris wanting to avenge all this - so they have a grudge fencing match in front of the whole court. The play finally results into its very messy final scene. Both of Laertes and Hamlet mortally wound each other. And then Hamlet has a last dialogue with Hor
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