Hamlet

E115188

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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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Hamlet canonical	80
Prince Hamlet	12
Hamlet (play)	2
Hamlet by William Shakespeare	2
William Shakespeare's Hamlet	2
Act I of Hamlet	1
Hamlet, Act I	1
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark	1
To be, or not to be	1
To be, or not to be: that is the question	1
ჰამლეტი	1

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	Hamlet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: To be, or not to be
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	works of William Shakespeare ⓘ surface form: Shakespearean canon
influencedBy	Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum ⓘ Ur-Hamlet ⓘ
literaryMovement	English Renaissance drama ⓘ surface form: Elizabethan drama
literaryPeriod	English Renaissance ⓘ
mainCharacter	Hamlet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prince Hamlet
notableQuotation	Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio ⓘ Frailty, thy name is woman ⓘ Hamlet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark The play’s the thing ⓘ There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so ⓘ Hamlet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: To be, or not to be: that is the question
openingSceneLocation	Elsinore Castle ⓘ surface form: Elsinore Castle battlements
originalLanguage	Early Modern English ⓘ
playWithinPlayTitle	The Mousetrap play-within-a-play ⓘ surface form: The Mousetrap
primaryLocation	Elsinore Castle ⓘ
protagonist	Hamlet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Prince Hamlet
setting	Denmark ⓘ
sourceWork	Amleth legend ⓘ
structure	five acts ⓘ
theme	appearance versus reality ⓘ corruption ⓘ family loyalty ⓘ indecision ⓘ madness ⓘ mortality ⓘ political legitimacy ⓘ revenge ⓘ

Referenced by (104)

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 ⓘ

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Richard Burton → notableWork → Hamlet ⓘ

Infinite Jest → titleOrigin → Hamlet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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this entity surface form: Prince Hamlet

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this entity surface form: To be, or not to be

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this entity surface form: To be, or not to be: that is the question

Hamlet → notableQuotation → Hamlet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

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Sarah Bernhardt → notableWork → Hamlet ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Act I of Hamlet

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subject surface form: Hamlet (1948 film)

this entity surface form: Hamlet (play)

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