Introduction
Hereditary kinship was one of the main causes of chain deaths and murders in Shakespeare. Kinship could only change hands on the death of the sitting king and the immediate heir would be his son. In the story of hamlet, we are encountered with one of the strategies that were used by the king’s relatives to transfer kinship to a different family through murder. The murder was done in a clever way that will not be suspicious and at the same time prompt revenge. However as it happens, the late king appears in form of a ghost and Continue reading...