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Stage play · Tragedy · c. 1600
Hamlet
A grief-sick prince discovers that thinking about murder is easier than doing it.
Scene index1 indexed
7INT. ELSINORE. A HALL — NIGHT4 pgAlone at last, the prince turns on himself.
Monologues in this work2
HAMLET
Hamlet · William Shakespeare
To be, or not to be, that is the question:
HAMLET
Hamlet · William Shakespeare
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it.
| Writer | William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Written | c. 1600 |
| Pages | 130 |
| Reading time | 3 hr |
| Rights | Public domain |
| Monologues | 2 indexed |
| Themes | Revenge, Doubt, Mortality |
| Principals | HAMLET, OPHELIA, CLAUDIUS, GERTRUDE |