ÒHamletÓ is a tragedy that scholars suggest William Shakespeare wrote sometime between 1599 and 1601. ÒHamletÓ takes place in Denmark. It is a story about Prince Hamlet, who takes revenge on his uncle Claudius because his uncle murdered his fatherÑKing Hamlet. After King HamletÕs assassination, Claudius marries Prince HamletÕs motherÑQueen GertrudeÑso he can take the royal throne and become King Claudius. ÒHamletÓ is a popular and influential tale that makes one consider life and death, power and justice, as well as action and uncertainty. These and other issues raised in the play are, arguably, the reasons ÒHamletÓ is still studied some four-hundred years after Shakespeare wrote, this, his longest play.