Hamlet

The charecter of Hamlet, ca 150 words:

‘Hamlet’ is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in or about 1586. The play follows the story of a young and emotional young man named Hamlet. The play begins with that Hamlets father, the King, has died very rapidly and unexpectedly. His fathers’ death was a shock to him and when his mother, the Queen, get married only two months after the death of Hamlets father, Hamlet becomes suspicious. Quite early in the play some men come to Hamlet and claim that they have seen his fathers’ spirit. Hamlet believes them and the following night Hamlet patiently waits for his fathers’ spirit and meets him. The spirit tells Hamlet that it was Hamlets’ uncle, the new king who murdered his father. Hamlet then pretends to be mad so that his uncle doesn’t suspect Hamlet knows anything about his secret and all the people around him betrays him by standing on his uncles’ side. Hamlet decides not to trust anyone.