SENIOR ENGLISH LINKS AND RESOURCES
HAMLET
Learn the terminology for Critical Study of Text.
Discussion on Appearance v Reality
Scenes for Study and Reading Guide
A one-stop shop for articles and essays about everything the HSC will ask you about Hamlet. A fantastic site.
Hamlet: A Renaissance Humanist in a Medieval World
A great essay that helps place Hamlet in its historical context.
Catch up on the focus questions for Hamlet.
Includes information on Post Modernism, Marxism, Feminism, among many others. A blog put together by another school. The students have done the hard work for us by analysing critical readings and writing nice bite-sized summaries that are easy to understand.
A comprehensive guide with a story summary, character analysis, themes, practice quizzes, etc
A handy youtube clip that delves into Hamlet from a teenage perspective. There are more clips that go further into the play if you like it.
Detailed but not pretty to look at.
More of the same but also with design notes and pictures, interviews and insights from actors.
This site is amazing for Shakespeare resources. The link will take you to a report on the 2000 production of Hamlet which has great insights on the staging and the decisions the directors and actors made when staging the play.
An interesting read arguing that Hamlet was never mad.