Presents a collection of critical essays about William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet."
Hamlet, probably composed between 1599 and 1601, takes place in Denmark and tells how Prince Hamlet carries out his revenge on his uncle Claudius who murdered Hamlet's father, the king, and holds the usurped crown as well as nuptials with ...
An annotated edition of the classic story of murder and revenge.
This edition represents Shakespeare's text as it appears in the most authoritative of early editions, the Folio, published in 1623, and it supplies students with useful footnotes to the interpretation of the text.
(Some productions have cast a woman in the title role, the most famous being the nineteenthcentury actress Sarah Bernhardt.) Some actors have even published what are known as acting editions of their. Introduction to Hamlet 25.
Claudius had murdered his own brother and seized the throne, also marrying his deceased brother's widow.It has inspired many other writers-from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Charles Dickens to James Joyce and Iris Murdoch-and has been ...
A Study Guide for William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Shakespeare for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; ...
Professor Hattaway's study places Richard II within the contexts of Shakespeare's life and of the strenuous political debates that were taking place at the end of the reign of Elizabeth I. It offers a commentary upon the unfolding action of ...
A volume in the Writers and Their Work series, which draws upon recent thinking in English studies to introduce writers and their contexts. Each volume includes biographical material, an examination...
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This tale of the immortal Prince of Denmark delves deeply into the complexities of the human soul as it recounts Hamlet's tragic struggle to avenge his father's death.