title: Hamlet: Prince of Denmark
author:  Christopher Andrews 
description: Excerpt from the Authors Foreword:<br /><br />I had many reasons for wanting to write a novelization of "Hamlet," but the simplest reason was for my mother. And people like her. <br /><br />"I've always wanted to read Hamlet, " she once insisted, "but I just cant understand what theyre saying. I cant understand Shakespeare." <br /><br />That got me to thinking: How many people like my mother are out there? How many people would relish Shakespeares work, if only they had a little help following the dialogue? <br /><br />(1) I would "translate" the language, though not to sound "modern," per se. I would just ... nudge the words a bit, while leaving them in their original setting. <br /><br />(2) I would elaborate in the prose as to what each character might have been doing/thinking/feeling at any given point. And thus, the dialogue would become more clear, as the reader would have a greater sense of context. <br /><br />Do I hope pleasure-readers will find it more accessible now? Yes! Do I hope that perhaps students might be able to use this text as a learning aide? Sure! <br /><br />So here is my interpretation of "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark." I hope you find the Bards text easier to understand, but at the same time, I am asking you to "put your Thinking Caps on." After all, this is still Shakespeare; Im just hoping to help you understand the story that much better. I've tweaked, I've rearranged, I've converted ... but whenever possible, I've left things as unaltered as I could.
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  * [Cover](cover.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Titel](0000001.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Impressum](0000002.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Inhalt](0000003.xhtml)
  
  
  * [The Tragedy of Hamlet,Prince of Denmark](0000004.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Dramatis Personae](0000005.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Act I](0000007.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Scene 1](0000007.xhtml#tsebook8)
  
  
  * [Scene 2](0000007.xhtml#tsebook9)
  
  
  * [Scene 3](0000007.xhtml#tsebook10)
  
  
  * [Scene 4](0000007.xhtml#tsebook11)
  
  
  * [Scene 5](0000007.xhtml#tsebook12)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Act II](0000009.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Scene 1](0000009.xhtml#tsebook14)
  
  
  * [Scene 2](0000009.xhtml#tsebook15)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Act III](0000011.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Scene 1](0000011.xhtml#tsebook17)
  
  
  * [Scene 2](0000011.xhtml#tsebook18)
  
  
  * [Scene 3](0000011.xhtml#tsebook19)
  
  
  * [Scene 4](0000011.xhtml#tsebook20)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [Act IV](0000013.xhtml)
  
  
  * [Scene 1](0000013.xhtml#tsebook22)
  
  
  * [Scene 2](0000013.xhtml#tsebook23)
  
  
  * [Scene 3](0000013.xhtml#tsebook24)
  
  
  * [Scene 4](0000013.xhtml#tsebook25)
  
  
  * [Scene 5](0000013.xhtml#tsebook26)
  
  
  * [Scene 6](0000013.xhtml#tsebook27)
  
  
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