| LL1323 | SHAKESPEARE | WILLIAM | HAMLET (lingua inglese) |
Title: Hamlet
Author: William Shakespeare
Genre: Drama (Tragedy)
Setting: In Denmark (Castle of Elsinore)
Main characters: Hamlet (Prince of Denmark), Gertrude (his mother), Ghost (his father), Claudius (King’s brother and the new King), Horatio (Hamlet’s best friend), Polonius (the King’s Counsellor), Laertes (Polonius’s son), Ophelia (Polonius’s daughter).
PLOT: Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark and after the King’s death his mother marries Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle. Thanks to his father’s ghost Hamlet learns how his father died and he wants to revenge him.
MY OPINION: I loved this book because there are a lot of dialogues so it was easy to read and understand.
LANGUAGE CORNER
Key words:
| Flayer | Ghost | Poison | Murderer | Madness |
| Guilty | Revenge | Grave | Sword | Funeral |
Key verbs:
| to marry | to avenge | to hide | to drown | to pretend |
| to murder | to pray | to rot | to perform | to drink |
ESPERANZA, 2023
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Cover image: Sir John Everett Millais, Ophelia (1851–2), oil on canvas, height: 76.2 cm (30 in); width: 111.8 cm (44 in), Photo: Tate, London (UK), 2011 (Public Domain).
