CliffsNotes: Hamlet [Shakespeare] (Paperback)

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GOOD : There is some wear of the spine. It appears something was dropped on the book leaving a quarter-circle dent inn the cover and first thirty-two pages, but this does not impact the ability to use the book. There are also a few stains inn the margin of one of the pages.

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Shakespeare's Hamlet tells the story of the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then Claudius' succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother. The play tells of true and feigned madness – from overwhelming grief to seething rage – and explores themes of treachery, revenge, incest, and moral corruption.