Nine characters are dispatched by stabbing, poisoning, stabbing with poisoned swords, drowning, and execution. This doesn't include the invasion of Poland, which takes place off-stage. Add battles, storms, coronations, murder, lovemaking, suicides, feasts, funerals, betrayals, duels, ghosts, revenge, and lust, and you have the beginning of a lexicon of Shakespearean themes. All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. The better part of valor is discretion.
Parting is such sweet sorrow.