Hamlet

Why is there a clock mentioned in act 1 but there were no clocks?

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Yes I've heard this question before. This is called an anachronism. It is an inconsistency in some chronological arrangement. In this case, there were clocks in Shakespeare’s time but not in Hamlet's. Shakespeare wrote it in because he thought it helped the plot or suspense in some way.

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