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How does death dominate in Shakespeare's "Hamlet"?


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How does death dominate in Shakespeare's "Hamlet"?

... How does death dominate in Shakespeare's "Hamlet"? Shakespeare has dealt with the subject death and its connection with life in many of his writings. But none of them is so much concerned with the subject as in Hamlet. In fact the whole play is darkened by the shadows of "death" and "life after death". In the opening scene we see a dead's man spirit appearing on the stage; the very first time we see Hamlet, we see him in black-mourning for his dead father; whenever he is left alone by himself all he ponders on is either his own death, or revengeful murder, or dealt in general. In fact, the whole play consists of a "series of murders" and suicide, and ends with the major characters death. In the opening scene an aspartic appears on the stage which resembles the visage of the late King of Denmark. This ghost bridges the world

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