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1. Relation of religion in the play-Hamlet

Hamlet is a revenge tragedy, a common genre in Shakespeare's day. As with other theatrical genres, the revenge tragedy had certain conventions that could not be flouted. As Rene Girard has noted, it is Shakespeare's genius that he challenges the very foundations of the revenge tragedy in the course of writing a revenge tragedy, and that he does it without violating the conventions of the genre. ...

  • Word Count: 1931
  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Hamlet

Often times, authors include in their writing the comparison between the protagonist and other characters. These comparisons are used to further add to the literary meaning of a particular piece of work. A foil is one type of comparison that authors tend to use in their genre of writing. Foil is a t...

  • Word Count: 903
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Elizabethan Theater

He believed that being a great actor meant encapsulating every genre of acting that there was. ... A fellow actor of Anders, Shakespeare now concentrated primarily on his writing. ... It can be speculated that Shakespeare's brilliant writing extended from his experience as an actor. ...

  • Word Count: 1428
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

4. As you like it

As You Like It was written in this year, just after Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and Julius Caesar, and just before the writing of Hamlet in 1600. ... And the "mode" in which As You Like It is written - in which noble people flee the court to a simpler life as shepherds and woodsmen - is part of an allegorical literary genre called the "pastoral," which was based on classical writings and was extremely popular in Shakespeare's day. ...

  • Word Count: 1477
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Grade Level: High School

5. Discuss the presentation of Hamlet

The revenge tragedy was already popular with Elizabethan and Jacobean audiences so Shakespeare was reworking an established genre, developing and challenging the conventions of the genre. ... At the end of this soliloquy despite all his passionate words Hamlet reverts to writing. ...

  • Word Count: 2065
  • Approx Pages: 8
  • Grade Level: High School
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