Hamlet Contents
- Introduction
- Timeline
- Images
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Author(s)
- Shakespeare, William
- 1564 - 1582: William Shakespeare's Stratford Beginnings
- 1582 - 1592: William Shakespeare's Marriage, Parenthood and Early Occupation
- 1592 - 1594: William Shakespeare's Life In London, part 1
- 1594 - 1611: William Shakespeare's Life In London, part 2
- 1594 - 1611: William Shakespeare's Life In London, part 3
- 1611 - 1616: William Shakespeare - Back to Stratford
- Walpole, Horace
- The context of Hamlet
- Hamlet Synopses
- Shakespeare's Language
- Characterisation
- Themes and significant ideas
- Imagery and symbolism
- Structure
- Critical analysis
- Approaching exams and essays
- Resources and further reading
- Timeline of Shakespeare's works
Act IV, Scene vi
Synopsis of Hamlet Act IV scene vi
A sailor arrives with a letter for Horatio from Hamlet. He reports that the ship in which he was travelling to England with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern was attacked by pirates. Hamlet was captured by them, but they have now put him on shore again in Denmark.
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