http://www.iytn.org/2008/02/18/william-shakespeares-hamlet/ Web-based resource for youth theaters everywhere Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:35:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.iytn.org/2008/02/18/william-shakespeares-hamlet/#comment-879 Loretta Darley Mon, 25 May 2009 14:40:48 +0000 http://www.iytn.org/2008/02/18/william-shakespeares-hamlet/#comment-879 Hamlet, written by Shakespeare between 1599 and 1601, is the story of Prince Hamlet, whose father, the King of Denmark, is murdered by Hamlet’s uncle. This murderous uncle then marries Hamlet’s mother. The play centers around Hamlet’s angst and indecision about how to avenge his father’s death. Hamlet is Shakespeare's most famous play about Shakespeare's most famous character and it contains Shakespeare's most famous line: "To be or not to be, that is the question." Many scholars treat Hamlet as the beginning of a new kind of literature that focused on the struggles and conflicts within a single individual, rather than the external conflicts between individuals. Now, more commonly known as the novel, at the time when Shakespeare wrote the play, the novel form was not quite where it is now. Hamlet was one of the first characters ever to have such a developed, and mysterious, inner life. For more insights and analysis on <a href="http://www.shmoop.com/intro/literature/william-shakespeare/hamlet.html" rel="nofollow">Hamlet</a>, you should check out Shmoop. It even has an act by act break down, which I found invaluable. Hamlet, written by Shakespeare between 1599 and 1601, is the story of Prince Hamlet, whose father, the King of Denmark, is murdered by Hamlet’s uncle. This murderous uncle then marries Hamlet’s mother. The play centers around Hamlet’s angst and indecision about how to avenge his father’s death. Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most famous play about Shakespeare’s most famous character and it contains Shakespeare’s most famous line: “To be or not to be, that is the question.” Many scholars treat Hamlet as the beginning of a new kind of literature that focused on the struggles and conflicts within a single individual, rather than the external conflicts between individuals. Now, more commonly known as the novel, at the time when Shakespeare wrote the play, the novel form was not quite where it is now. Hamlet was one of the first characters ever to have such a developed, and mysterious, inner life. For more insights and analysis on Hamlet, you should check out Shmoop. It even has an act by act break down, which I found invaluable.

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