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my name is Hamlet
i am not interested in names
i am the Prince of Denmark
is it because you are the Prince of Denmark that you came to me
yes, my father has been most foully murdered
youre being somewhat short with me
sorry
please don't apologize
my father has been assassinated
tell me more about your family
my uncle killed him and married my mother
who else in your family
there is no one else
suppose there were not no one else
then i would not have to avenge my father's death
your father's death
my father's murder
why do you say your father's murder
because my father's ghost told me it was murder
does that suggest anything else which belongs to you
nothing belongs to me - i am totally alienated
you say nothing belongs to you - you are totally alienated
i cannot act
how do you know you can't act
i never tried
can you elaborate on that
i don't know whether i should act or not
don't you really know whether you should act or not
to be or not to be, that is the question
perhaps that really is the question
to sleep, perchance to dream
what does that dream suggest to you
freedom from having to decide whether to act
i am not sure i understand you fully
many people don't
earlier you said your father has been assassinated
he was sleeping in the garden, and my uncle poured poison in his ear
please go on
then my uncle usurped the throne and married my mother
your mother
she must have been in on the plot
what does that suggest to you
that she's not very nice
but your uncle killed him and married your mother
he's not very nice either
do you feel strongly about discussing such things
i do not know do you say you do not know for some special reason
why must i be the one to avenge my father's death?
is it important to you that your father's death
my father's ghost said it was important
your father's ghost said it was important
yes
you seem quite positive
perhaps, but i am not really sure it was his ghost
you don't seem quite certain
do you believe in ghosts?
we were discussing you - not me
sorry
apologies are not necessary
i saw the ghost on a dark and stormy evening
that's quite interesting
there were three witnesses
does that have anything to do with your statement about father's death
yes
you dont seem very talkative today
get thee to a nunnery!
earlier you said your father's murder
why did he have to die
why indeed
maybe i can get my uncle to admit the murder
why do you say your uncle to admit the murder
then i won't have to do anything
you say then you won't have to do anything
he will incriminate himself
but your father's ghost told you it was murder
perhaps i can get my uncle to admit that he committed the murder
does that suggest anything else which belongs to you
my country
is it important to you that your country
it is important that the Norwegians not take over my country
your country
Denmark
does that have anything to do with your statement about uncle usurped the throne and married your mother
something is rotten in the state of Denmark
tell me more about something
it smells
earlier you said your father's death
it smells, too
i am not sure i understand you fully
get thee to a nunnery
but your father's ghost said it was important
to thine own self be true
please go on
and it shall follow as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man
does that have anything to do with your statement about uncle to admit the murder
how interesting! I never thought of that!
why do you ask
if i am honest, then my uncle will be honest
do you think its likely that you are honest
are you a literary critic?
why are you interested in whether i am a literary critic or not
your questions are very perceptive
why are you concerned over my questions are very perceptive
because i only exist in Shakespeare's imagination
is that the real reason
what is reality
tell me about what is reality
it is all a fiction
suppose it were not all a fiction
then i do exist?
can you elaborate on that
well, you know, to be or not to be and all that
oh, i know
thank you
earlier you said your uncle to admit that he committed the murder
but if it is all a work of fiction, who cares?
do you wish that it is all a work of fiction
if it is fiction, how can i wish
what do you think about it is fiction
if it is fiction, how can i think
really if it is fiction
real fiction?
but your country
Denmark
what does that suggest to you
cold
does that have anything to do with your statement about country
no
perhaps youd rather talk about something else
no, goodbye.
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