Oxford Literature Companions: Hamlet
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Description
Contents
Reviews
Language
English
ISBN
9780198399070
Front Cover
Title Page
Contents
Introduction
Plot and Structure
Plot
Structure
Context
Biography of William Shakespeare
Revenge in Shakespeare’s time
Ghosts, Heaven and Hell
Suicide
Women and gender
Friendships between men
Shakespeare’s sources
Genre
Tragedy
Revenge tragedy
History and tragedy
Comic elements
Characterization and Roles
Main characters
Minor characters
Language
Soliloquies
Repetition
Imagery
Symbolism
Blank verse
Prose
Themes
Seeming and the nature of reality
Theatre and acting
Fathers
Death
Revenge
Madness
Women’s frailties
Masculinity and heroism
Politics
Performance
Hamlet in Shakespeare’s time: the Globe Theatre
Hamlet in the 18th and 19th centuries
Hamlet in the 20th and 21st centuries
Ophelia in performance
From text to performance
Critical Views
Hamlet and the question of delay
Queer readings
Feminist criticism
Historical criticism
Interiority
The text(s) of Hamlet
Political criticism
Skills and Practice
Exam skills
Sample questions
Sample answers
Glossary and Further reading
Back Cover
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