As such, Shakespeare's works are first taught at a high school level, and usually the tragedies such as Hamlet and Macbeth are introduced. ... In Hamlet's case, he is rash, unable to act, and ill tempered. ... (Hamlet, IV.v.191-4) Her forlorn for Hamlet results in a state of mental upset and eventually leads to her death by drowning. ... (Hamlet V.ii.58). ... Hamlet utters in one of his soliloquies while he contemplates suicide, "To be, or not to be, that is the question" (Hamlet III.i.55). ...

• Word Count: 1601
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The 1998 film, Shakespeare in Love, cleverly altered the way in which audiences viewed Shakespeare by adjusting the temperament of the film with a modern lens. ... The set of Shakespeare in Love is a clever conception of London in the 1500's and convincingly reveals to the audience the possible conditions of how Shakespeare may have lived (Fitzsimmons, 2012). ... This theory is stabilised via many of his female characters such as Lady Macbeth and Gertrude in Hamlet, as according to Dall (2000): "Through Gertrude's marriage to Hamlet's uncle and also through Lady Macbeth...

• Word Count: 1880
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Women of Shakespeare Women in Shakespeare's plays were not of importance, compared to the male characters. ... In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet Capulet to me seems to be the most tragic of all Shakespeare's women characters. ... Thirdly, there is Hamlet. ... Later, we meet Ophelia and she is frightened by Hamlet's actions. ... People should not die for love, but in Shakespeare's plays, it seems so. ...

• Word Count: 1287
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School