Hamlet
Publisher: Wordsworth Classics
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Ware
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781853260094
Copyright date: 2000
Subjects: Shakespeare plays, texts; Plays; Drama; Plays / Drama; Classics; Shakespeare; Literature & Fiction; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Description: First performed around 1600, this a gripping and exuberant drama of revenge, rich in contrasts and conflicts. Its violence alternates with introspection, its melancholy with humour, and its subtlety with spectacle. The Prince, Hamlet himself, is depicted as a complex, divided, introspective character. His reflections on death, morality and the very status of human beings make him ‘the first modern man’.

Although it is a gripping drama of revenge, its greatness lies largely in the depiction of the Prince as a complex, divided, introspective character. As we listen to his sceptical reflections on human nature, morality and death, we understand why he has been termed 'the first modern man.'

The text of this edition is based on that of the Cambridge University Press New Shakespeare, edited by John Dover Wilson. The play-text and its Glossary have been revised by Cedirc Watts, who has also provided the introduction and Notes.
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