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Hamlet
     
Hamlet
the main character in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare, which is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, and is a serious, unhappy young man who is unable to decide how he feels or what he should do.
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