Act 2, scene 1 hamlet william shakespeare lit2go etc. Shakespeare hamlet act 1 audiobook dramatic reading. First performed around 1600, hamlet tells the story of a prince whose duty to revenge his fathers death entangles him in philosophical problems he cant solve. Hamlet s first soliloquy o that this too too solid flesh would melt. Hamlet modern english shakespeare in plain and simple. Nerdstudy takes you through each and every important synopsis detail. Drawing on danish chronicles and the elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a family drama, and a supernatural thriller. Narrated in plain modern english, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original shakespeares drama.
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