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Hamlet

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Hamlet Contents

Introduction
Timeline
Images
Author(s)
- Shakespeare, William
- Walpole, Horace
The context of Hamlet
- Social / political context
- Religious / philosophical context
- The Theatre
Hamlet Synopses
Shakespeare's Language
Characterisation
Themes and significant ideas
Imagery and symbolism
Structure
Critical analysis
- How to approach the question
- How to approach the question
Approaching exams and essays
Resources and further reading
Timeline of Shakespeare's works

Hamlet Images

The Wooden O

The Globe Theatre

Henry VII

Anne Boleyn

Edward VI by Hans Holbein the Younger

The Book of Common Prayer published 1549

Mary I by Anthonis Mor

The Prince by Machiavelli

Martin Luther

Wittenberg All Saints' Church. The "Theses Doors"

Everyman fighting with Death

Ghost of Hamlet's father

Claudius and Gertrude 1911

Photo from Deucsche Fotothek

Ophelia and Laertes

Crown of thorns

Hamlet sees the ghost of his father

The ceremony of Last Rites

Eve being tempted by the serpent

Sacrament of extreme unction

Fetters. Photo by Andr� Karwath available through Creative Commons

Hamlet with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Hamlet reading whilst talking to Polonius

Hamlet and Ophelia

Claudius leaving during the Mousetrap

Claudius tries to repent, Hamlet choses not to kill him

Cain killing Abel

Hamlet lifts the curtain to discover Polonius' dead body

Statue of a Cherub photo by Luis Garc�a available through Creative Commons

Ophelia giving flowers to Claudius and Gertrude

Ophelia drowned

Hamlet is given the skull of Yorick

A duel with swords

Claudius addressing the court

Hamlet

Hample thinking, played by Edwin Booth

Hamlet and Gertrude

Polonius telling Ophelia to remain chaste

Ophelia and her gifts of flowers

Ophelia drowned

Claudius and Gertrude at court

Claudius

Laertes and Ophelia

Laertes and Hamlet dying

Hamlet and Horatio see the Ghost

Hamlet with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Souls being freed from purgatory

Saying grace before a meal

Photo by Leland Francisco

The Book of Common Prayer

Photo by Jonathunder available through Creative Commons

Moses and the Ten Commandments

Photo by The High Fin Sperm Whale available through Creative Commons

Yorik's grave

My Eden by Hans Doller, available through Creative Commons

Adam and Evie

Cain murders Abel

Elizabeth I

Bird trap

Title page of the First Folio

The Death of Ophelia

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