FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
HAMLET
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stab wound
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natural causes
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snake bite
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in battle
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the conversation between the ghostly king and Hamlet, Shakespeare’s evocative language provokes feelings of pity for King Hamlet, who was murdered by Claudius . The people of Denmark were told that King Hamlet’s cause of death was a snakebite when in actuality the king was killed by poison.
Detailed explanation-2: -The events narrated by Shakespeare in his tragedy Hamlet1 are the following: King Hamlet of Denmark dies suddenly and his brother Claudius a few weeks later marries the widow, his sister-in-law, Queen Gertrude; according to the official explanation, a snakebite was the cause of his death.
Detailed explanation-3: -Remember that Claudius killed King Hamlet by pouring poison into his ear.
Detailed explanation-4: -A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Denmark. Is by a forged process of my death.
Detailed explanation-5: -When the ghost claims that “the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” This seems a direct reference to the snake in the garden of Eden, that caused Adam and Eve’s fall from grace.