by Shakespeare Hamlet

“Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” by William Shakespeare is the greatest tragedy in the history of world drama, which has become the absolute standard of philosophical and psychological drama. Written at the forefront of the centuries, this play has gone far beyond the classical “history of revenge”, turning into a monumental study of the human nature, the crisis of humanism and the eternal search for the meaning of being in the face of betrayal and death. The story takes place in the dark Danish castle of Elsinor. Prince Hamlet is deeply saddened by the suddenly deceased father-kings. His shock is doubled when the mother, Queen Hertrude, just a month after the funeral marries with the uncle of Hamlet, the cheerful and power-loving Claudia, who occupied the throne. The ghost requires revenge, but for a thoughtful, thin-sensing prince this order becomes the beginning of a severe internal crisis. To win the time, dissolve the intrigues of the courtyard and check the fault of Claudia, Hamlet feels mad. Step by step he dive into an atmosphere of total lies, spying and betrayal, where victims of his fatal game become even the closest people — the beloved Ophelia and youth friends. Shakespeare created a genius work where the external detective-political intrigue serves only as a background for the deepest philosophical monologists. The famous question "Be or not be?" is not just a hesitation to revenge, it is a dispute of man with himself about whether it is worth suffering the strike of fate or it is necessary to resist them, even if the outcome is consciously tragic. The play is impressed by its incredible scale, poetical perfection and relevance, which has not been extinguished for more than four centuries. **About what the book in three words:** Revenge, Madness, Rock. **Who to read:** To all, without exception, lovers of world classical literature, lovers of deep psychological and political dramas, as well as those who want to touch the main and most mysterious text in the history of the theatre.