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How do you respond to Shakespeare's presentation of the responsibilities and obligations placed on sons by fathers in the play as a whole? The central feature in Shakespeare's Hamlet is of revenge, four revenge plots are evident throughout and have strong connections with father-son relationships. Perhaps some of the emphasis upon father's and sons is indebted to the fact that Shakespeare's own son, Hamnet, died in 1596 at the age of 11, approximately four years before Shakespeare wrote this play. The parallel between the name of Shakespeare's hero and that of his own son is too tempting to ignore. One possible hypothesis is that Shakespeare, while mourning his son's death, wrote a play that helped expiate his grief through an exploration of the relationships between four different sets of fathers and sons. Adding to the intrigue is the persistent rumour that Shakespeare the actor may have played the part of the...

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