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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN-101443814407
ISBN-139781443814409
eBay Product ID (ePID)202768059
Product Key Features
Number of Pages195 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMystery of Hamlet : a Solution
Publication Year2010
SubjectShakespeare, European / General, Folklore & Mythology
TypeTextbook
AuthorMyron Stagman
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Drama, Social Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight18.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsDr. Myron Stagman is a Shakespearean and Classical research scholar who is keen on solving literary and historical mysteries.
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal822.33
SynopsisHamlet kills Polonius thinking he is Claudius. Yet he cannot kill Claudius. Why? Hamlet, angry, tells Ophelia: Take thee to a nunnery nunnery: Renaissance slang for brothel] There in Heaven] is no shuffling; there the action lies in his true nature, and we ourselves compelled, even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, to give in evidence. -King Claudius Why does Hamlet attend the German university at Wittenberg? Why study at a university at all? An incorrigible symbolist, Shakespeare must secretly import what he does not openly impart. Contrast resolute avenger Laertes, who would cut Hamlet's] throat i' the church Shakespeare understood the Freudian slip centuries before Dr. Freud in Vienna. Twice he employs it to give us hints. Queen Gertrude to her son Hamlet: What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me? ... Alas, he's mad Prince Hamlet is a disillusioned idealist, a vital key to his generous, passionate, and tragically conscientious character. Camelot-Shakespeare specifically ties the assassination of Hamlet to the death of King Arthur and the collapse of the fellowship of the Round Table., Hamlet kills Polonius thinking he is Claudius. Yet he cannot kill Claudius. Why? Hamlet, angry, tells Ophelia: Take thee to a nunnery! [nunnery: Renaissance slang for brothel] There [in Heaven] is no shuffling; there the action lies in his true nature, and we ourselves compelled, even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, to give in evidence. -King Claudius Why does Hamlet attend the German university at Wittenberg? Why study at a university at all? An incorrigible symbolist, Shakespeare must secretly import what he does not openly impart. Contrast resolute avenger Laertes, who would cut [Hamlet's] throat i' the church! Shakespeare understood the Freudian slip centuries before Dr. Freud in Vienna. Twice he employs it to give us hints. Queen Gertrude to her son Hamlet: What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me? ... Alas, he's mad! Prince Hamlet is a disillusioned idealist, a vital key to his generous, passionate, and tragically conscientious character. Camelot-Shakespeare specifically ties the assassination of Hamlet to the death of King Arthur and the collapse of the fellowship of the Round Table.