Also, the teacher dares to say, "Read the introduction that was handed out in class, as some of the questions were answered there!"
Why is Shakespeare so obsessed with family feuds?
What is Horatio talking about when he gives the long history lesson (In. 80-107)?
Why does Shakespeare talk about Fortinbras' death after the fact?
Why is the dead king being punished after death when according to his son he was so honorable in life?
Did Hamlet's mother love Hamlet's father, and if so why did she marry Claudius just two months after Hamlet's father's death?
Why is Claudius so eager to keep Hamlet around? Is it out of familial love or are there ulterior motives?
How much of the play represents the way Elizabethans really spoke and how much was artistic embellishment?
Were there great differences in the ways children and adults spoke in Elibabethan England?
When Hamlet says "I shall doubt some foul play..." why does he doubt foul play?
How widespread was the belief in ghosts during Shakepeare's time?
Why is Hamlet's love for Ophelia introduced so abruptly?
What flood is Horatio talking about?
Q: Why do the Danes who are Protestants talk so much about purgatory when purgatory is a Catholic belief? A: Scholars are still grappliing with the various religious aspects of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Here is one of hundreds of articles on the subject; it is from the Yale Review of Books.
Why did they concoct that snakebite story?
What is Laertes' relationship to Hamlet?
Why does Hamlet pretend to be insane?
Will Hamlet continue to play crazy in front of his mother?
How did Shakespeare feel about Queen Elizabeth I?
Why is Polonius against Hamlet and Ophelia's love?
Was lineage as important during Shakespeare's time as during Chaucer's time?
What was the role of surnames during Shakespeare's time?
How accurate are the vaious publications of Shakespeare's plays since he didn't publish them himself?
What is the significance of Hamlet's soliloquy at the end of Act II?
Why were Danes viewed as drunkards?
What is at the root of the conflict between Fortinbras and Denmark?
What is the story of Hamlet based upon?
How does Hamlet feel about his mother?
Why is Polonius' death inevitable and what does it signify?