Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles (a/an/the) as necessary. Some of the blanks may not require an article. Put a cross (X) in those blanks.
Hamlet, (a) ______ fictional character, was (b) ______ Prince of Denmark. He was (c) ______ greatly shocked when his father was murdered and his mother hastily married his uncle Claudius who became (d) ______ king of Denmark. He expressed his grief by saying that even (e) ______ animal without reason would have mourned longer. He grieved over these (f) ______ sad events day after day. (g) ______ dreadful suspicion filled his mind. He had been told that while his father was sleeping in his garden, he had died from (h) ______ bite of (i) ______ snake. But finally Hamlet knew that (j) ______ real snake was Claudius.