Hamlet
Tragedy in Denmark
Hamlet is Shakespeare's tragedy about the Danish prince who feigns madness while contemplating revenge for his father's murder.
The play's themes of indecision, mortality, and corruption have made it one of the most analyzed works in English literature.
To call someone a Hamlet suggests excessive brooding or inability to act decisively.
He was being a real Hamlet about whether to accept the job offer. (Lowercase hamlet is a small village.)
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
Gertrude · Claudius · ghost · revenge · Denmark · drama · theater · madness · betrayal · poison
- British LiteratureShakespeare, Dickens, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Austen
- Classic BooksPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, Moby-Dick, Great Expectations
- English LiteratureShakespeare, Dickens, Jane Austen, Bronte, Chaucer
- PlaysRomeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Julius Caesar
- ShakespeareRomeo, Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet
- British ClassicsPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist
HamletA Midsummer Night's Dream
The Comedy of Errors · Much Ado About Nothing · Twelfth Night · As You Like It · comedy
Hamletmetropolis
Large important city
city · megalopolis · urban center · municipality · conurbation
HamletFortinbras
Norwegian prince claimant
Henry V · Laertes · Macbeth · Coriolanus · James Bond