Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
 
 
                     His father is dead. Has his mother married the killer? A ghost cries out for vengeance, but has the
                     Prince who hears the cry gone mad? A kingdom hangs in the balance, but who can be trusted?
                     Family, politics, blood lust, betrayal, mystery, friendship and love--each plays a role in
                     Shakespeare's great tragedy, Hamlet .
 

Helpful Links and Study Aids:
 

http://www.pathguy.com/hamlet.htm

This site contains a plain English summary and historical information about the play as well as some photo highlights from major Hamlet productions.
 

http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/

This is a wonderful site on 16th century Renaissance English Literature with 28 different authors including Sir Thomas More, William Shakespeare, Thomas Nashe, and Edmund Spencer to name a few. Each author has biographical information, photos, essays, articles, and additional sources
plus numerous links. Also, this site features essays and articles on the Renaissance Period with many historical links.
 

http://tudor.simplenet.com/

This website is fabulous for historical information on the Tudor Monarchy. There are individual sites for Henry VI, Henry VII, the six wives of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Jane Grey, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.  The site also includes famous tudor architecture with pictures, chronologies, maps, and facts about life in Tudor England. A nice feature of this site is a student guide with helpful
links.

http://www.rdg.ac.uk/Globe/

This site contains information about Shakespeare's Globe Theater and gives a virtual reality look at the Globe then and now.  It site also describes the rebuilding of the Globe plus historical timelines.
 

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