Hamlet

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literaryWork play tragedy

Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that follows the Prince of Denmark as he seeks revenge for his father’s murder while grappling with madness, morality, and mortality.

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Label Occurrences
Hamlet canonical 177
Prince Hamlet 35
Hamlet (play) 4

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Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literaryWork ⓘ
play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
antagonist King Claudius ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate between 1599 and 1601 ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
canonicalStatus one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays ⓘ
centralConflict Hamlet’s revenge for his father’s murder ⓘ
character Claudius ⓘ
Fortinbras ⓘ
Gertrude ⓘ
Ghost of King Hamlet ⓘ
Guildenstern ⓘ
Horatio ⓘ
Laertes ⓘ
Ophelia ⓘ
Polonius ⓘ
Rosencrantz ⓘ
containsElement play within a play ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
famousSoliloquy To be, or not to be ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
firstPerformanceDate early 17th century ⓘ
form verse and prose ⓘ
genre revenge tragedy ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation Hamlet (1948 film) ⓘ
Hamlet (1990 film) ⓘ
Hamlet (1996 film) ⓘ
Hamlet (2000 film) ⓘ
includedIn Shakespearean canon ⓘ
linked to: works of William Shakespeare
influencedBy Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum ⓘ
Ur-Hamlet ⓘ
literaryMovement Elizabethan drama ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance drama
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
mainCharacter Prince Hamlet ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
notableQuotation Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio ⓘ
Frailty, thy name is woman ⓘ
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet

The play’s the thing ⓘ
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so ⓘ
To be, or not to be: that is the question ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
openingSceneLocation Elsinore Castle battlements ⓘ
linked to: Elsinore Castle
originalLanguage Early Modern English ⓘ
playWithinPlayTitle The Mousetrap ⓘ
linked to: The Mousetrap play-within-a-play
primaryLocation Elsinore Castle ⓘ
protagonist Prince Hamlet ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
setting Denmark ⓘ
sourceWork Amleth legend ⓘ
structure five acts ⓘ
theme appearance versus reality ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
family loyalty ⓘ
indecision ⓘ
madness ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
political legitimacy ⓘ
revenge ⓘ

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Referenced by (241)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Shakespeare → notableWork → Hamlet ⓘ
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock → alludesTo → Hamlet ⓘ
Junius Brutus Booth → notableRole → Hamlet ⓘ
English Renaissance → hasNotableWork → Hamlet ⓘ
Ophelia → basedOn → Hamlet ⓘ
Hamlet (1948 film) → basedOn → Hamlet ⓘ
Hamlet (1948 film) → portraysCharacter → Prince Hamlet ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
Shakespearean tragedies → includesWork → Hamlet ⓘ
Shakespeare quartos → includesEditionOf → Hamlet ⓘ
Hamlet (1996 film) → title → Hamlet ⓘ
Hamlet (1996 film) → basedOn → Hamlet (play) ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
Richard Burton → notableWork → Hamlet ⓘ
Infinite Jest → titleOrigin → Hamlet by William Shakespeare ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
Hamlet (stage performances) → hasMainCharacter → Prince Hamlet ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → Hamlet ⓘ
Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays → containsWork → Hamlet ⓘ
Tom Hiddleston → theatreWork → Hamlet ⓘ
Works of William Shakespeare → includesWork → Hamlet ⓘ
subject linked to: works of William Shakespeare
King's Men → performedWork → Hamlet ⓘ
Ben Whishaw → notableWork → Hamlet ⓘ
The Globe Theatre → notableWorkPerformed → Hamlet ⓘ
Hamnet Shakespeare → hasNameInFiction → Hamlet ⓘ
Hamlet → mainCharacter → Prince Hamlet ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
Hamlet → protagonist → Prince Hamlet ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
Hamlet → famousSoliloquy → To be, or not to be ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
Hamlet → notableQuotation → To be, or not to be: that is the question ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
Hamlet → notableQuotation → Something is rotten in the state of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
Ophelia Among the Flowers → inspiredBy → Hamlet ⓘ
Diane Venora → notableWork → Hamlet ⓘ
Rory Kinnear → hasRole → Hamlet ⓘ
Ralph Richardson → notableWork → Hamlet ⓘ
The Spanish Tragedy → influencedWork → Hamlet ⓘ
Sarah Bernhardt → notableWork → Hamlet ⓘ
Sarah Bernhardt → portrayed → Hamlet ⓘ
Polonius → appearsIn → Hamlet ⓘ
Polonius → firstAppearance → Hamlet, Act I ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
Polonius → killedBy → Hamlet ⓘ
Polonius → spiesOn → Hamlet ⓘ
Laertes → appearsIn → Hamlet ⓘ
Laertes → enemy → Hamlet ⓘ
Laertes → confessesTo → Hamlet ⓘ
Laertes → forgives → Hamlet ⓘ
Laertes → isForgivenBy → Hamlet ⓘ
Laertes → contrastsWith → Hamlet ⓘ
Laertes → firstAppearance → Act I of Hamlet ⓘ
linked to: Hamlet
Laertes → blamesForOpheliaMadness → Hamlet ⓘ
Trevor Peacock → workedOn → Hamlet ⓘ
Hamlet (1948 film) → basedOn → Hamlet (play) ⓘ
subject linked to: Helga Cranston
linked to: Hamlet
The Ghost → appearsInWork → Hamlet ⓘ
The Ghost → revealsMurderTo → Hamlet ⓘ