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Introduction

Shakespeare's life

Shakespeare's theater

William Shakespeare and Hamlet

A brief chronology

A note on the text

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Appendix A: References to classical history and mythology

Appendix B:References to the Bible

Appendix C: Sources and analogs: 1. from Saxo Grammaticus, Historia Danica (1180-1204)

2. from Franc̜ois de Belleforest, Histoires Tragiques (1576)

3. from Der bestrafte Brudermord (1710)

Appendix D: Domestic Issues in Hamlet

1. Marriage and Incest

2. Women and obedience

Appendix E. Some textual variations in Quarto 1

1. Another "to be or not to be"

2. Different advice to the players

3. The queen offers to help Hamlet

4. The queen laments Ofelia's death

5. A shorter scene before the duel

Bibliography