the.com/hamlet
A village so small it skipped church, and a prince so indecisive he skipped living.
means A tiny settlement smaller than a village, traditionally lacking its own church — also Shakespeare's brooding Danish prince.
from From Old French hamelet, a diminutive of hamel (little village), itself from a Germanic root for home; the play's prince borrows the same homey word.
No churchClassic English test separating hamlet from village.
Skull sceneHamlet's Yorick speech is theatre's most quoted moment.
Tiny twiceHamel plus -et stacks two smallness suffixes.