With close reference to language examine how fitting a close Act 5 scene ii forms to the play. Hamlet by William Shakespeare was written between 1600 and 1601 A.D. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's

... With close reference to language examine how fitting a close Act 5 scene ii forms to the play. Hamlet by William Shakespeare was written between 1600 and 1601 A.D. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's greatest works. The play is very connected with theatre as there is a lot of acting, the play-within-the-play and through the theme of appearance and reality, and there is a mention of "The War of the Theatres" in Act 2 scene ii. Act 5 scene ii begins with Hamlet telling Horatio of his voyage to England and the plot that Claudius had set up to have him killed. Hamlet goes on to tell Horatio how he exchanged the letter for one that instructed the King of England to behead the bearers of the letter, that is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Osric the courtier arrives with Claudius's request for Hamlet to take part in a fencing match with

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