Gesta Danorum engl |
Contents
The Hamlet Story I | 1 |
The Hero as Fool | 16 |
Legend and Literature | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Aarne-Thompson Ambales Saga Amleth Amleth's foster avenge Axel Olrik boys Brutus Brutus's century characters Chronicle Claudius companions Copenhagen Danes Danish death Denmark Dollerup drink eavesdropper Elsinore English episode escorts Faustinus Fengi folktale Fortinbras foster brother foster father Frodi funeral Geruth Gesta Danorum gold-filled stick Gollancz Gyldenstjerne Halfdan hall Hamlet legend Hamlet story Harald Herminthrud hero hero's Herrmann holmgang honor housecarls Hroar Hroar and Helgi Icelandic jarl Jørgen Olrik Jutish Jutland killed King Froði King Hamlet king of Britain king's king's men Latin legend letter literary metaphor monarch mother motif murder narration Olrik oral story oral storytelling Ørvendil and Fengi play the fool plot Polonius queen Ræder Regin retelling revenge Roman Rørik Rosenkrantz royal Saxo and Belleforest Saxo Grammaticus Saxo's Saxo's narrative Scandinavian scene secretly Shakespeare slain slew Sources straw sword tale Tarquinius throne tion tradition uncle Valerius Viglek Vita Amlethi Vviglere woman