Is this a correct interpretation?

Shakespeare's Hamlet takes place in Denmark in December (see Act I, Scene i, where they are complaining about the bitter cold and upcoming Christmas). No less than a month later, Ophelia drowns in a brook. And then she is buried in the ground. Isn't this fairly impossible when both will be frozen given Denmark's winter temperatures?

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Is this a correct interpretation?

Shakespeare's Hamlet takes place in Denmark in December (see Act I, Scene i, where they are complaining about the bitter cold and upcoming Christmas). No less than a month later, Ophelia drowns in a brook. And then she is buried in the ground. Isn't this fairly impossible when both will be frozen given Denmark's winter temperatures?

anonymous · Answer

Most of it is correct but where did you get your sources and remember youneed to cite your sources too. :)

btaylor · Answer

It isn't for an essay or anything. I just was thinking about the setting and the possible error there. But thanks for your answer.

e.mccormick · Answer

At worst, it seems just a few months with the trip to England and back.

e.mccormick · Answer

I am not sure what temperature you would need to get to for it to have the frozen ground where you can not dig a grave easily.

e.mccormick · Answer

But it certainly is in the cold period. http://climate.usurf.usu.edu/reports/freezeDates.php?ntwk=GHCN&sSubmit=Select&acronym=DK