Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's great tragedies, along with Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, and Antony and Cleopatra. It is written in Renaissance English, the same English in which the King James Version of…
Jul 13, 2022avidFVreader rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Enjoyed this read only marginally more than the first time I had to read it over and over. Remembered the "neither a borrower nor a lender be..." and the "To be or not to be..." parts, but overall found the olde English difficult to read.
Feb 25, 2022literaryviolinist rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
'Hamlet' is one amazing play. It is a complex and engrossing read that is dark, tragic, and dramatic. I can now see why it is the pinnacle of Shakespeare. The morality is clear-cut, but the characters themselves are quite gray. It’s not an…
Oct 19, 2021pacl_teens rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"To be or not to be, that is the question." Everyone's heard this quote, and it comes from none other than "Hamlet," by William Shakespeare. This tragedy is one of his most popular works, next to "Romeo and Juliet" and "Macbeth."
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Jul 29, 2021Jonah_3 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
This book is about a king who was murdered by his brother. The king’s brother marries his wife and becomes the new king. One day the king talked to his son as a spirit and told him that he was murdered and that the son should avenge him.…
Jul 21, 2021BPLTeenVolunteers rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Hamlet, William Shakespeare's most famous tragedy, was written in 1601-1602 on the basis of a Danish saga. A saga is a popular epic song or legend spread in Scandinavian countries during the early Middle Ages. Hamlet can be described as…
In this play, the main character, Hamlet, is told to avenge the death of his father, the previous King of Denmark, and the play follows his quest to seek the truth behind his father’s death and to plot revenge. Hamlet is my favorite work…
Apr 14, 2021monicajain12 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Hamlet is funny, chilling, despairing, bleak, heartening, rational and irrational in equal measure. It’s a tragedy that follows young Prince Hamlet of Denmark as he grieves his dead father, King Hamlet, and discovers that the king was…
Mar 12, 2021em_gv rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Hamlet was our Shakespeare study for English 30-1 this year, and honestly I ended up really enjoying it.
It helped to have a teacher that was really passionate about it, and to be able to read it aloud as a group in-class.
I probably…
Jul 30, 2020TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
As a fan of most Shakespeare classics I have to say that Hamlet is a captivating tale despite the fact that there were some things I didn’t enjoy very much. One thing I did enjoy was the theme of revenge and how the play teaches its…
Nov 06, 2018TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Hamlet is a playwright tragedy written by William Shakespeare. The story is about how Prince Hamlet copes with his fathers death. One night he is visited by the ghost of his father, King Hamlet. King Hamlet tells Hamlet that he was…
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William Shakespeare's most famous and beloved play (and for good reason), Hamlet is a must read, even if you are made to read it in school. The complex, twisting plot of a young man setting out to avenge his father, the…
Sep 08, 2016TEENREVIEWCREW rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
The play Hamlet, is a classic tragedy written by the famed poet, William Shakespeare. Hamlet is about a young prince named Hamlet who seeks to avenge his father’s death by manipulating those around him and his uncle, Claudius. Throughout…
Jun 15, 2015gogo12127 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The Folger Shakespeare Library editions have prefatory information that is very useful, giving hints on the language of Shakespeare, briefly summarizing his life, providing background to the story, and describing theater life in…
May 31, 2010The_Bill rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Possibly Shakespeare's most enduring work, and his most interesting hero. In his wonderful creative-writing manual STORY, Robert McKee says (if I recall correctly, and I probably don't) that Hamlet has 32 dimensions in all - each one an…
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