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Hamlet is a medieval English diminutive of Hamelot, itself a diminutive of Hamon or Hamond. https://books.google.com/books?id=DiJAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=abuse-not+puritan&source=bl&ots=RTCMOXO4W9&sig=WvrJuI_52Cv0Q1NUraiyE-6rr_k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIorLqi8_VAhUoh1QKHYM8COcQ6AEIUzAH#v=onepage&q=abuse-not%20puritan&f=false
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Hamlet was based on the Danish saga of Amleth, written down in the 12th century by Saxo Grammaticus. Amleth means "fool, foolish, dull".
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There is a theory that Hamlet is actually Telemah, if you put out one e and spell it backwards.
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