Hamlet

Does the "clown " know he is speaking to Hamlet ? How old is Hamlet?

hamlet Scene 1. A church yard

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The "clown" or jester does not speak. The "clown" is the skull of the King's jester. The gravedigger says the jester has been dead about twenty-three years, and Hamlet knew him as a boy. We can infer that Hamlet is around thirty.

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