Answer: the book was mostly about this rich man and this poor family. Forst of all the poor family was in dept to the rich man and the rich man wanted him money back. Secondly the rich man came to the poor families house but all he saw was a little boy in the yard He asked the boy where his family was and the boy gave the rich man a code like thing that the rich man didnt understand. Finally the rich man said if you tell me where your parents are i will set them free of there dept the little boy said we will need a witness And so the rich man grabbed a fly and said the fly will be the witness and then the boy told the man where his parents were. The next day the rich man came back and demended for his money back and the little boy said but you said we wouldnt have any dept if i told u where my parents were the rich man said he never talked to the boy and this countinued into a court room and in the court room the boy was right and they were free of theebept as you can cleary see this is what the story is about.
Here, Hamlet is using a metaphor. Metaphors compare two things, yet differ from similes in that they don't use "like" or "as." He is comparing Denmark to a prison, meaning that he feels that the city is confining and bleak.
