Shakespeare
Hamlet
Phoebe's Study Guide | A-Level English Literature
A website to help retain your mirth. Bringing the characters and key scenes to life - using them as a diving board into the depths of a complex story of revenge, deception, madness, of being human.
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
William Shakespeare
Date
c. 1600-01
Genre
Revenge Tragedy
Context
Elizabethan / Jacobean England
Key Themes
Revenge, madness, mortality, deception, duty
Intro by Tailspin w. lyrics by Shakespeare
First edition soundtrack
Study Sections
Everything you need to explore Shakespeare's tragic masterpiece
Component 2, Section A
Shakespeare Study
60 marks
Total
60 minutes
Writing time
Closed-book
No texts allowed
Extract-based
Print extract provided