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"Three young men in search of revenge." This sentence is the clearest way the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare can be summarised.
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"Three young men in search of revenge." This sentence is the clearest way the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare can be summarised. As the entire chain of events take place, it becomes clear that the play can have either three or no revenge plots because they are closely related. "Hamlet" cannot exist without the revenge plots of the characters. Thus "Three young men in search of revenge." provides an adequate view of the play. Apart from very few exceptions, the plot and the main theme of a literary work is directly linked to the main character. Hamlet does not stand as an exception to this. Prince Hamlet is the protagonist and his search of revenge is naturally the main plot of the play. However, the successive events that occur throughout the play cause the existence of two more avengers: Fortinbras and Laertes. As the story unfolds, it is seen that King Hamlet...
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