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Hamlet is the son of the late King Hamlet (of Denmark), who died two months before the start of the play. After King Hamlet's death, his brother, Claudius, becomes king, and marries King Hamlet's widow, Gertrude (Queen of Denmark). Young Hamlet fears that Claudius killed his own brother (Hamlet's father) to become king of Denmark, greatly angering Hamlet. Two officers, Marcellus and Barnardo, summon Hamlet's friend Horatio, and later Hamlet himself to see the late King Hamlet's ghost appear at midnight. The ghost tells Hamlet privately that Claudius had indeed murdered King Hamlet by pouring poison in his ear. Hamlet is further enraged and plots of how to revenge his father's death.

Hamlet's father's death didn't make Gertrude  very sad, she marry with Claudius, but why she didn't sad and married to Claudius so quickly, this make Hamlet very angury. i think because the queen Gertrude  want to be queen and want have excite with some person, so maybe she know Claudius killed Hamlet's father, but she just want have her own things and power so she didn't tell. in the show Gertrude  wear red and hair also is red, so is like she want more excite she want to be young. so she wear red and looks young...