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Summaries & Intros (what's the plot?)
Summaries & Intros (what's the plot?)
A great plot summary (and lots of other info)
Another synopsis & some analysis. This one includes a short video to explain things.
Dig into the text
Dig into the text
Explanations for shifts from verse to prose in Shakespeare.docExplanations for shifts from verse to prose in Shakespeare (above)
"Hamlet: A Love Story" - A fascinating look at Freudian ideas & Hamlet - lots of talk about theme, etc.
"Hamlet's Not Depressed. He's Grieving" proposes that Hamlet is, essentially, a play about grief.
"Hamlet, a Study in Satori" connects Hamlet and zen thinking.
Finally, "Shakespeare in the Bush" is an American anthropologist trying to explain Hamlet to the Tiv people of Nigeria. The article is long, funny, interesting and, itself, the subject of study.
Mya Gosling is the cartoonist behind Good Tickle Brain, Keep Calm & Muslim On, and who does all sorts of things & happens to be really into Shakespeare.Â
Not only did she do an amazing Hamlet-musical-comic a few years ago, she's currently cartooning Hamlet, scene by scene!
Hamlet's Shocking Plot Twist (heeheehee)
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