Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. Perhaps the most famous tragedy ever written, the play is about Prince Hamlet's revenge for the his father's murder, which ultimately leads to his own death. The central character of the play is Hamlet, prince of Denmark. Hamlet becomes the tragic champion who manages to avenge his father's death by killing his antagonist, the monarch Claudius, but ultimately also loses his own life and the inhibitions of those closest to him. At the beginning of the play, Hamlet is dejected by the death of his father and the quick remarriage of his mother and King Claudius motivates his attempt to discover the truth, and furthermore, his dead father informs him of his murder as a ghost, which determines it. to take revenge (Edwards 52). Hamlet's madness, hesitation to action, demand for visual evidence, and final revenge are conventions of a dramatic form called revenge tragedy. Throughout the play, from the pursuit of murder to the justification of truth to revenge, Hamlet is determined to avenge his father's death. death. Claudio is ready to come to his aid to take revenge, which is the main theme of the entire play. The play, centered in Denmark, explains how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius for killing the historical King Hamlet, Claudius' male brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and for then marrying Gertrude, King Hamlet's widow and mother of Prince Hamlet. The work vividly chronicles the path of natural and perceived madness—from overwhelming failure to seething rage—and uncovers topics of deception, revenge, incest, and lessons in deception (Hoy 99). Throughout the play, Hamlet has numerous opportunities to live. .....middle of paper......William. Literature for composition. Longman, 2011.Print. 908-1011Edwards, Philip. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. New Cambridge Shakespeare ser. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. 52-63.Hoy, Cyrus. Hamlet. Norton Critical Edition ser. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 1992. 99-111Lott, Bernard. Hamlet. New Swan Shakespeare Advanced ser. New ed. London: Longman, 1970. 72-88. Ronald Knowles. Renaissance Quarterly. vol. 52, no. 4 (Winter, 1999). 1046-1069Published by: The University of Chicago PressStable article: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2901835Spencer, T.J.B. Hamlet. New Penguin Shakespeare ser. London: Penguin. 1980. 67-81 Wells, Stanley and Gary Taylor. The complete works. By William Shakespeare, The Oxford Shakespeare. Compact ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1988, 231-241.