Name: Hamlet
Rating: 3.960163812360387 (1343 reviews)
ISBN: 9780606385268

William Shakespeare

Sparknotes Editors

For use in schools and libraries only. Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, with marginal notes and explanations and full descriptions of each character.

Hamlet

This edition of Hamlet is part of the groundbreaking Cambridge School Shakespeare series established by Rex Gibson. Remaining faithful to the series' active approach it treats the play as a script to be acted, explored and enjoyed. As well as the complete script of the play, you will find a variety of classroom-tested activities, an eight-page colour section and a selection of notes including information on characters, performance, history and language.

mimi

Derek Graf

Bella Baxter

1) Play within a play.
2) Outsmarted Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

'Nuf said, fucking brilliant, man.

Perhaps the single most influential work of English drama, William Shakespeare's Hamlet is a timeless tragedy of the conflicted loyalties, madness, betrayal and terrible revenge. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by T.J.B. Spencer with an introduction by Alan Sinfield. 'To be or not to be - that is the question' Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. When young prince Hamlet is confronted by his father's ghost on the battlements of Castle Elsinore, he is burdened with a terrible task: slay King Claudius, Hamlet's uncle, who the ghost alleges murdered him. Wrestling with his conscience, Hamlet feigns wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge, alienating his mother Queen Gertrude and spurning his lover Ophelia. But the act of insanity takes Hamlet perilously close to the reality, wreaking havoc on guilty and innocent alike. This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to Hamlet, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay by Paul Prescott discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced, including Romeo and Juliet (1595), Henry V (1599), Hamlet (1601), Othello (1604), King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in English. If you enjoyed Hamlet, you might like Shakespeare's Macbeth, also available in Penguin Shakespeare. 'It has everything - intrigue, romance, politics, violence, revenge, jealousy, wit. It plays itself out on such a grand scale'Kenneth Branagh

julia

it's incredible that a centuries old and packed with silly insults story about being consumed with grief can be so relatable

Katarina

my bad shakespeare i can't catch up, maybe next time (also doesn't help that my attention span is of a goldfish)

raia – inactive

Michael Springer

Like "The Lion King." If Simba had had a sister. And Simba's sister had done herself in right about the time they were singing "Can You Feel The Love Tonight." Oh, and no fun musical numbers. And all the lions died at the end, and the final shot was blood dripping slowly from Pride Rock as all the animals finally emerged from the cruel leotochracy and perhaps found freedom at last.

Arjo Gupto

Exquisite poetry. Two thirds brilliant. The rest not so.

Manuel Angel Conejero

Jenaro Talens

Jamieson

Hamlet teaches us all an important lesson. If you keep your head down, stay doing gay shit with your friends at college and never come home you'll be okay

in all seriousness, Hamlet insisting on wearing black all the time and frequently monologuing about how every decision is too hard and he's a mess is Relatable TM so I love him

Maria Elkoro-Iribe

no sé cómo explicarlo pero el final se ha sentido como un capítulo de the office michael scott es hamlet y la corte es dunder mifflin

Read this for English class and I gotta say, everyone needed therapy desperately.

sophie <3

William Shakespeare (Szekspir)

Hamlet (ang. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; Tragedia Hamleta, Księcia Danii) – tragedia Williama Szekspira napisana na przełomie XVI i XVII wieku, jeden z najbardziej znanych dramatów, arcydzieło teatru elżbietańskiego. Od samego powstania Hamlet jest jednym z najczęściej granych utworów teatralnych, a rola Hamleta – ze względu na objętość tekstu, dużą ekspresję i bogatą osobowość postaci – uważana jest za sprawdzian dojrzałości i umiejętności aktorskich. Z Hamleta pochodzi zapewne najpopularniejszy monolog, zaczynający się od słów Być albo nie być. (Wikipedia)

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