To be or not to be...

I bet most people would agree that Shakespeare's works are difficult to read and understand. Even as an AP English student, I have trouble understanding the plays, and Hamlet is no exception. One of the best ways to understand the play is to find other sources and research the play, and one of the greatest wealths of information is the internet. But watch out, there are a lot of bad sites with incorrect information. So how do you distinguish the good sites from the bad? With a lot of time, patience, and reading the really helpful websites can be found. Here I have compiled some of the best websites I could find on different aspects of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Hamlet on Trial

A court case was held in Washington DC trying Hamlet for the murder he committed. In this article, it is debated whether Hamlet was really mad or was pretending to be insane. The judge who came up with the concept of a trial for Hamlet was hoping to gain the publics interest in Shakespeare. He also stated "It shows you how difficult these questions are. If you can't make up your mind about Hamlet, and he's a fictional person, what about a real person?" In the end, the jury was split, six thought he was sane and just pretending to be insane, and six thought he was truly mad. This proves that the matter of Hamlet's sanity is all up to the reader and their perception of Hamlet's actions and motivations.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june07/hamlet_03-29.html
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