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Illustration: Laertes leaps into the grave to hold his sister one last time in Act V, scene i

1. Hamlet: Introduction
2. Hamlet: Summary
3. Hamlet: William Shakespeare Biography
4. Hamlet: Reading Shakespeare
5. Hamlet: List of Characters
6. Hamlet: Historical Background
7. Hamlet: Summary and Analysis
   1. Act I, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
   2. Act I, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
   3. Act I, Scene 3 Summary and Analysis
   4. Act I, Scene 4 Summary and Analysis
   5. Act I, Scene 5 Summary and Analysis
   6. Act II, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
   7. Act II, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
   8. Act III, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
   9. Act III, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
   10. Act III, Scene 3 Summary and Analysis
   11. Act III, Scene 4 Summary and Analysis
   12. Act IV, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
   13. Act IV, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
   14. Act IV, Scene 3 Summary and Analysis
   15. Act IV, Scene 4 Summary and Analysis
   16. Act IV, Scene 5 Summary and Analysis
   17. Act IV, Scene 6 Summary and Analysis
   18. Act IV, Scene 7 Summary and Analysis
   19. Act V, Scene 1 Summary and Analysis
   20. Act V, Scene 2 Summary and Analysis
8. Hamlet: Critical Commentary
   1. Preface to the Critical Commentary
   2. Act I Commentary
   3. Act II Commentary
   4. Act III Commentary
   5. Act IV Commentary
   6. Act V Commentary
9. Hamlet: Quizzes
   1. Act I Questions and Answers
   2. Act II Questions and Answers
   3. Act III Questions and Answers
   4. Act IV Questions and Answers
   5. Act V Questions and Answers
10. Hamlet: Essential Facts
11. Hamlet: Essential Passages
    1. Essential Passage by Character: Hamlet
    2. Essential Passage by Character: Gertrude
    3. Essential Passage by Character: The Ghost
    4. Essential Passage by Theme: Revenge
    5. Essential Passage by Theme: Redemption
12. Hamlet: Themes
13. Hamlet: Character Analysis
    1. Other Characters (Descriptions)
    2. Hamlet (Character Analysis)
    3. Claudius (Character Analysis)
    4. Gertrude (Character Analysis)
    5. Ghost (Character Analysis)
    6. Horatio (Character Analysis)
    7. Laertes (Character Analysis)
    8. Ophelia (Character Analysis)
14. Hamlet: Principal Topics
15. Hamlet: Essays
    1. Hamlet's Delay
    2. Exploring Hamlet's Hesitation
    3. Is Hamlet Sane?
    4. The Ghost: Is He Really Hamlet's Father?
    5. The Character of Ophelia: Why Does She Go Mad?
    6. To Thine Own Self Be True: An Analysis
    7. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
    8. Minor Characters and the Number Three
    9. To See or Not to See: Fortinbras in Two Film Productions of Hamlet
    10. Hamlet and Macbeth: A Comparison
    11. The Theme of Pretense in Shakespeare's Hamlet
    12. Analysis of Act Five of Shakespeare's Hamlet
    13. Character Analysis of Horatio
    14. Comment on Hamlet's "To Be or Not to Be" Soliloquy
    15. Staging for Shakespeare's Hamlet: Act II, Scene ii, Lines 85-221
    16. The Nature of Hamlet's Character
    17. Hamlet's Delay: An Objective and Subjective Analysis Compared
    18. Analysis of Three Critical Works on Hamlet
    19. Hamlet: History, Religion, and Myth
16. Hamlet: Criticism
    1. An Approach to Hamlet
    2. Hamlet and Revenge
    3. Overviews of Hamlet
    4. Delay in Hamlet
    5. Revenge in Hamlet
    6. Melancholy and Grief in Hamlet
    7. Imagery in Hamlet
    8. Hamlet
    9. The Ghost
    10. Claudius
    11. Gertrude
    12. Ophelia
17. Hamlet: Selected Quotes
18. Hamlet: Suggested Essay Topics
19. Hamlet: Sample Essay Outlines
20. Hamlet: Modern Connections
21. Hamlet: Media Adaptations
22. Hamlet: FAQs
    1. Why does Shakespeare choose Denmark as the setting for Hamlet?
    2. What is the mood at the opening of Hamlet?
    3. Does Hamlet really hate his mother?
    4. Who is Yorick?
    5. What is Osric's function?
    6. Why is Hamlet given a military funeral?
23. Hamlet: Bibliography and Further Reading
24. Hamlet: Pictures
25. Copyright

1. William Shakespeare
2. British Literature
3. Elizabethan Drama
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5. How to Read a Shakespeare Play
6. Tragedy
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