This video, examines the varied reactions audiences may have to Hamlet's intense response to his mother Gertrude's remarriage to Claudius, which he views as incestuous. It compares the situation to the Greek tragedy of Oedipus to...

In this summary of the the opening scenes of "Hamlet," where we learn that King Hamlet has died and his ghost appears at Elsinore Castle. Denmark is preparing for war, and Prince Hamlet has not succeeded his father as king; instead, his...

Learn how T.S. Eliot, A.C. Bradley, and Harold Bloom interpreted the characters and events of act 1, scene 2 of Hamlet. Is Hamlet a believable character? Can we sympathize with him? What might you do in his situation?