Hamlet+Resources

**Hamlet through a Psychoanalytical Lens**
=Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism= By Maud Ellmann Routledge, Jan 14, 2014 Use the search bar, search "Hamlet" media type="custom" key="28898736"

=Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Reappraisal=

Elizabeth Wright Taylor & Francis, 1998 Use the search bar, search "Hamlet" media type="custom" key="28898762"

Chapter 6: "Psychological Motivations" //from// Walter N. King's //Hamlet's Search for Meaning//

Works Cited Fisher, Philip. "Thinking About The Killing: Hamlet And The Paths Among The Passions." //Raritan// 11.1 (1991): 43. //MasterFILE Main Edition//. Web. 5 Dec. 2016.
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[|Intentional Meaning in Hamlet: An Evolutionary Perspective. .] Works Cited Carroll, Joseph. "Intentional Meaning In Hamlet: An Evolutionary Perspective." //Style// 44.1/2 (2010): 230. //MasterFILE Main Edition//. Web. 5 Dec. 2016.

[|Are you a proud Lear or a moody Hamlet? Take our personality test] Works Cited Dominic, Maxwell. "Are You A Proud Lear Or A Moody Hamlet? Take Our Personality Test." //Times, The (United Kingdom)// (2016): 4,5. //Newspaper Source Plus//. Web. 5 Dec. 2016.

**Shakespeare Links**
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[|Hamlet Haven][] online, annotated bibliography, featuring character studies and different interperative approaches. Contains: Plot Summary, Character Analysis, Historical Context, Content Analysis, Bibliography, Author: Harmonie Blankenship

Hamlet
The most popular of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet appears to follow the form of a revenge tragedy with a heroic figure in a quest for revenge. There the similarities end as Shakespeare created puzzling questions to fascinate readers and theatre audiences. Is the ghost truly the spirit of Hamlet's murdered father or a demon or angelic messenger determined to destroy Hamlet or cleanse Denmark of corruption? Is Hamlet merely pretending to be insane or has he become so? Why does Hamlet wait for... Topic: Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Hamlet

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Hamlet
Analyze the Shakespearean drama known as Hamlet. First published four centuries ago, Hamlet tells the tragic story of the Prince of Denmark. Two editions published a year apart reveal additional insight into the characters as well as improvements in language and philosophy. This profound tragedy looks at death, madness, vengeance, and heroism. When the ghost of his father demands revenge, Hamlet is spurred into a series of events that lead to a deadly conclusion. Examine the complexity of... Topic: Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Hamlet []

Critical sites about //Hamlet// **[|Certain Speculations on Hamlet, the Calendar, and Martin Luther]** http://extra.shu.ac.uk/emls/02-1/sohmshak.html"This essay takes the view that Shakespeare linked the principal events in Hamletto particular holy days, and that the play's first audiences could identify these holy days from cues in the text." Special attention is paid to the possible relationship between Hamlet and the life and theology of Martin Luther. **Contains:** Content Analysis, Historical Context, Character Analysis **Author:** Steve Sohmer **From:** Early Modern Literary Studies 2.1 (1996): 5.1-51 **[|Hamlet and His Problems]**http://www.bartleby.com/200/sw9.html"T.S. Eliot�s essay on Shakespeare�s greatest tragic character in which he coined the famous doctrine of the 'objective correlative.'" **Contains:** Character Analysis **Author:** T.S. Eliot **From:** The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism 1922 **[|Hamlet's Thoughts and Antics]**http://eserver.org/emc/1-2/degrazia.htmlEssay draft which includes a [|response] by Juliet Fleming. **Author:** Margreta de Grazia **From:** Early Modern Culture. Issue 2 (2001) **[|Leading the Gaze: From Showing to Telling in Kenneth Branagh's Henry V and Hamlet]**http://chass.utoronto.ca/emls/06-1/hatchbra.htm"Film studies have reached the conclusion that cinema merges the acts of showingand telling. This essay applies these theories to two of Kenneth Branagh's screenadaptations Henry V (1989) and Hamlet (1996). Cinematic editing can shape spaceat will, create different levels of realities, and reorganize the succession of events intime. The moves and effects of the camera, by progressively revealing the people,the set or the action, add a time dimension to space. Cinematic narration defines anitinerary of the gaze, imposing a trajectory inside Shakespeare's plays, until theplots seem to prevail over discourse." **Contains:** Content Analysis, **Author:** Sarah Hatchuel **From:** Early Modern Literary Studies 6.1 (May, 2000): 3.1-22 **[|Making Mother Matter: Repression, Revision, and the Stakes of 'Reading Psychoanalysis Into' Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet]**http://chass.utoronto.ca/emls/06-1/lehmhaml.htm"Hamlet's peculiar bond with his mother has been the focus of numerousproductions of Shakespeare's play on stage and screen. Influenced bypsychoanalysis, filmed versions of Hamlet in particular have emphasized the desirebetween sons and mothers and, in so doing, have uncannily reproduced the play'sown Oedipalized attachment to the maternal. Following Franco Zeffirelli'smother-centered film (1990), Kenneth Branagh attempts to break with this traditionin his self-proclaimed 'non-Oedipal' Hamlet (1996). Actively positioned againstpsychoanalysis, Branagh's Hamlet avoids any representations of non-normativesexual desire, repressing the sexualized maternal body with a vengeance anddisplacing Hamlet's desire onto his surrogate father, who offers 'metal moreattractive' for this Hamlet and, as we shall see, for Branagh himself. In so doing,Branagh's adaptation actually becomes the most 'symptomatic' Hamlet film evermade, for it uses this performance as a screen both for projecting -- and forcuring--what's the matter with Branagh, namely, his Irish motherland, and hiscompromised Shakespearean credentials as a postcolonial subject." **Author:** Lehmann, Courtney, and Lisa S. Starks. **From:** Early Modern Literary Studies 6.1 (May, 2000): 2.1-24 **[|Multiplicity of Meaning in the Last Moments of Hamlet]**http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/uni/nec/BROWN21.HTMAn analysis of Shakespeare's handling of the final moments of Hamlet's life. Also provided are links to responses to this paper that were written by other Shakespeare scholars, and published in later issues of Connotations. **Author:** John Russell Brown **From:** Connotations: A Journal for Critical Debate 2.1 (1992): 16-33 **[|'Too Much in the (Black) Sun': Hamlet's First Soliloquy, A Kristevan View]**http://www.hull.ac.uk/renforum/v2no2/crunelle.htm"It may appear to be sheer provocation to attempt a psychoanalytic reading of Shakespeare, be it Kristevan or other, in a decade placed under the rule of the New Historicism." **Contains:** Content Analysis **Author:** Anny Crunelle-Vanrigh **From:** Renaissance Forum: An Electronic Journal of Early-Modern Literary and Historical Studies Autumn 1997; vol. 2 no. 2 **Keywords:** psychoanalysis ** Criticism: Collections of Articles ** This web site offers interesting criticisms of Shakespeare's plays. You will find a collection of journals and articles on this site. Journals include the Renaissance Forum, English Literary History and more. Articles are from current and past dates including dates prior to 1935. Criticisms and reviews are on various plays such as A Midsummer's Night Dream, Cymbeline, Hamlet, Julius Cesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing and many more have a variety of articles linked to them as...   Topic: Criticism, Shakespeare, William, --1564-1616   []

**Ecclesiastical Law in Hamlet**  The law of England was the old canon, usages and ecclesiastical and statute law when "Hamlet" was written and revised in 1604. King Henry VIII provided that all the canons, constitutions, and ordinances should still be used as they had been under the Pope of Rome. It was ordained in the sixth century by the canon law that no memorial should be made for people that destroyed themselves. Later councils repeated these provisions, and the law spread all over Europe. Access this web...   Topic: Ecclesiastical law  []

** Empathy and Analogy ** **(Scroll down to sections 3 & 4) ** This article from the University of Waterloo offers another definition of empathy and how it is formed. Even though empathy involves the use of feelings, this author believes that "empathy is always simulation" for we tend to use analogies with our emotions. Read about the concept of empathy which has a shorter history than sympathy. Find out how empathy is analogy and plays a role in Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Read about this definition of empathy through the examples given. Topic: Empathy []

** Hamlet ** Use this online study guide from the BBC to help you better understand Shakespeare's Hamlet. The plot is summarized and explained. In the character section, you can look at several of the characters in the play and see how they develop and how they relate to each other. The study guide also discusses the different themes in the play. Be sure to take advantage of the video clips and the practice tests. Take the test and click to get your score immediately. Topic: Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Hamlet []

**Hamlet, Prince of Denmark** His uncle has married his mother and taken the throne when Hamlet meets the ghost of his father and learns that he was murdered. In his quest for revenge, Hamlet feigns insanity, rejects Ophelia, and uses a troupe of actors to evaluate Claudius' guilt. Hamlet is sent on a one-way trip to England, Ophelia takes her life, and Hamlet escapes only to face a deadly duel. Find out what happens when plans go awry and the entire royal family faces the consequences in this famous Shakespeare drama. Topic: Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Hamlet []

** Shakespeare ** William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright. Many people think he was one of the greatest writers of the English language. His works have been published in different languages, and his plays have been performed all around the world. You will get an opportunity to read the text of his work on this Web site. Some of his more famous works include: "Anthony and Cleopatra", "Comedy of Errors", "Hamlet", "Julius Caesar", "Othello",...   Topic: Literature--Collections, Shakespeare, William, --1564-1616 []

** Shakespeare Quartos: Hamlet ** Learn about the earliest references to Shakespeare's Hamlet and others plays and performances that were influenced by this work. Explore changes to Hamlet in the early publications including additions after it had been performed for a time. Investigate where the play was probably first performed. Analyze references that indicate that the plot of Hamlet might have existed in the 16th century. Read about other plays that closely follow the events of this famous Shakespearean play. Examine a...   Topic: Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Hamlet []

** William Shakespeare ** Shakespeare's best known tragedy shows a mastery of the dramatic form as Hamlet's soliloquies and the conflict between characters reveal indecision, character flaws, and suffering. The Tragedy of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark provides a catharsis for the audience as Hamlet ponders death and destiny. Explore why Shakespeare has been immensely popular among audiences as you look at well-known Shakespearean quotes. Read a brief profile of the author's life as you look at how his plays have been...   Topic: Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Hamlet []