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Summary of Hamnet

The thr??-??nt?n?? ?umm?r?: Hamnet ?? essentially a f?m?l?-t??? drama t?ll?ng th? b??kgr?und b?tw??n W?ll Sh?k?????r? and h?? wife Agnes. It f?ll?w? th??r relationship as th?? d??l with th??r grief over th? death of th??r son H?mn?t, th? implications ?f Will's career ?nd Will's infidelity. In the ?nd, Will writes the ?l?? H?ml?t ?? a f?r?w?ll t? h?? son -- ?t'? a play where th? father d??? ?n?t??d ?f th? ??n and th? ghost's final line is "Remember m?."
(Th? b??k ???n? w?th a f?w historical n?t??. A ??u?l? ?n Stratford h?d thr?? ?h?ldr?n, tw?n? H?mn?t and Jud?th, and d?ught?r Su??nn?. Hamnet, d??d ?n 1596, aged ?l?v?n. R?ughl? f?ur years l?t?r, h?? f?th?r writes the ?l?? H?ml?t, ?nt?r?h?ng??bl? ?t th? time w?th name H?mn?t.)
Th? chapters jum? back ?nd f?rth b?tw??n two t?m?l?n??. In 1596, H?mn?t is a ??ung b?? whose tw?n ???t?r Jud?th h?? ?udd?nl? f?ll?n ?ll. H?mn?t ???r?h?? f?r ?n ?dult, but th? only ??r??n home ?? h?? drunk and ?bu??v? gr?ndf?th?r J?hn Shakespeare. J?hn ?? a d??gr???d gl?v? maker, du? t? his illicit wool tr?d?ng, ?m?ng other th?ng?. H?mn?t'? f?th?r (William Shakespeare, th?ugh h? ?? never n?m?d ?n the b??k) is ?n L?nd?n, ?? usual. H?mn?t'? m?th?r, Agnes, is away. H? f?ll? ??l??? n?xt t? Jud?th, ?r??ng.
In ?n ??rl??r t?m?l?n?, J?hn Sh?k?????r? ?w?? a d?bt t? a (d??????d) ?h??? farmer.J?hn and th? f?rm?r'? (second) wife J??n h?v? ?n arrangement f?r h?? ??n W?ll??m t? w?rk ?ff th? debt b? tutoring Joan's ??n?. It results in the tut?r (W?ll Sh?k?????r?) m??t?ng Agnes. Agn?? and h?r br?th?r B?rth?l?m?w are th? farmer's ?h?ldr?n with his first w?f?. Agnes h?? ??????l ?b?l?t???, wh?r? ?h? is able to d?v?n? information about ????l?, ?nd ?h? ?? ?l?? good w?th ?l?nt?. Agnes ?nd W?ll??m fall ?n l?v?.
In 1596, Agn?? finally comes h?m? and tr??? t? treat Jud?th, ??nf?rm?ng th?t ?h? h?? "the ???t?l?n??" (the ?l?gu?). Th? doctor shows u? and w?rn? th?m that n? ?n? ?? t? l??v? the house unt?l it has ?????d. Wh?n nothing w?rk?, El?z? (W?ll??m'? ???t?r) wr?t?? t? h?r br?th?r ?n London to tell h?m t? ??m? h?m? t? say g??db??.

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