Hamlet is William Shakespeare's longest play. I myself found it hard to get through until I skipped the introduction in my paperback version (it was 159 pages). Then once the play started there were so many notes that it was distracting. I was lucky to get a full page after 10 pages of the book. Sti...
A great classic, Shakespeare at his finest!
Some of the themes that appear quickly are madness, family, vengence, and women's place in society. Some of these have appeared in the other plays we have read. Madness in both King Lear and Macbeth. Family in King Lear and vengeance in Macbeth. Women's roles were touched on in King Lear, but never ...
Another one in the Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series.