Hamlet is a play by William Shakespeare about a Danish prince named Hamlet who seeks to avenge his father's murder at the hands of his uncle, who has married Hamlet's mother and become the new king. Hamlet struggles with internal conflicts over fulfilling the ghost of his father's demands while battling his uncertainty about the validity of the ghost's claims and whether killing his uncle is the right course of action. Throughout the play, Hamlet acts increasingly erratic, leading other characters to believe he has gone mad. This culminates in a fencing match where Hamlet is mortally wounded by his opponent's poisoned blade. In his dying moments, Hamlet kills his uncle, revealing the murder plot before dying, having