HamletRandom House Publishing Group, 2008 M08 12 - 272 pages One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. Confronted with evidence that his uncle murdered his father, and with his mother’s infidelity, Hamlet must find a means of reconciling his longing for oblivion with his duty as avenger. The ghost, Hamlet’s feigned madness, Ophelia’s death and burial, the play within a play, the “closet scene” in which Hamlet accuses his mother of complicity in murder, and breathtaking swordplay are just some of the elements that make Hamlet an enduring masterpiece of the theater. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... mother , Hecuba , to distraction . If Hamlet were to become a killing machine like Pyrrhus , he would be diminishing himself to the inhumanity of his adversary , besides emotionally destroying his mother : that is his dilemma " bounded ...
... mother , Hecuba , to distraction . If Hamlet were to become a killing machine like Pyrrhus , he would be diminishing himself to the inhumanity of his adversary , besides emotionally destroying his mother : that is his dilemma " bounded ...
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... image of the charac- ter of Hamlet . In the first act , he is so disgusted by his mother's hasty remarriage that he wishes he were dead . In the second , he is moved to self - disgust by the way in which the INTRODUCTION xi.
... image of the charac- ter of Hamlet . In the first act , he is so disgusted by his mother's hasty remarriage that he wishes he were dead . In the second , he is moved to self - disgust by the way in which the INTRODUCTION xi.
Page xxi
... mother's guilt . " Sigmund Freud , inaugurating the language of psychoanalytic criticism which Showalter has been employing and Kierkegaard sub- tly anticipating : " In Sophocles ' Oedipus the child's wishful fantasy that underlies it ...
... mother's guilt . " Sigmund Freud , inaugurating the language of psychoanalytic criticism which Showalter has been employing and Kierkegaard sub- tly anticipating : " In Sophocles ' Oedipus the child's wishful fantasy that underlies it ...
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... mother is the guilty queen . Ann Shakespeare , born Hathaway ? T. S. Eliot , poet and stern critic , dissatisfied ... mother's guilt upon her son , and ... Shakespeare was unable to impose this motive successfully upon the ' intractable ...
... mother is the guilty queen . Ann Shakespeare , born Hathaway ? T. S. Eliot , poet and stern critic , dissatisfied ... mother's guilt upon her son , and ... Shakespeare was unable to impose this motive successfully upon the ' intractable ...
Contents
Textual Notes | 137 |
ScenebyScene Analysis | 149 |
The RSC and Beyond | 166 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 217 |
A Chronology | 231 |
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits | 237 |
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