Religious themes run through all plays of Shakespeare. Being aware of these themes is key to understanding the characters and their actions. One of the essential questions regarding Hamlet’s decisions is answered in this way. […]
Hamlet is able to put stagecraft to work as the test of Claudius’s guilt. In the process, he gives an important advice to the players about acting. It is small wonder that people have often seen much of Shakespeare himself in the character of Hamlet. […]
While watching ‘Hamlet’ on the stage, it looks like Shakespeare is putting his entire knowledge about the theater into this play. What we see on stage is the result of both Shakespeare’s and Hamlet’s obsession with drama, stagecraft, and acting. […]
The opening scenes of Shakespeare’s tragedies follow a pattern. ‘Hamlet’ is the best play to understand this pattern. So, it is important to focus on the dynamics, the structure, and the action of the first scene. […]
There are many studies that show correlation among different language families. Many linguists have tried to find a pattern among family members of language groups. […]
As we approach toward the end of the play, we see Macbeth’s acts becoming more and more repellent. This is in complete contrast to his actions at the beginning of the play. […]
Lady Macbeth is haunted by her guilt of murdering King Duncan. She plunges deep into madness as shown by her act of sleepwalking and obsessively washing her hands. […]
Lady Macbeth is a woman of great complexity and her actions and character are intimately tied to the play itself. She is bold and blatantly honest than her husband in the play. […]
The porter scene in ‘Macbeth’, though read as comic, only serves to offset the darker parts of the play. […]
Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ mirrors the political events of the seventeenth- century England. Like many of Shakespeare’s plays, it also shows the contrast between appearance and realty. […]
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