This website is great for basics of Hamlet. The plot overview is simple and easy to understand and it runs accurate to the plot line of the play. It provides the most important parts of each act somewhat similar to a timeline. It is a great reference for looking back at the specific order of events. The commentary is somewhat like a modern translation. It provides a more in-depth look at the specifics of each act and provides the lines where each event can be found in the original text. The character section provides an explanation of all the character's roles in the plays and explains the character's actions and motivation. There is also 2 essays on the website, one by William Hazlitt, a Shakespeare expert, on the characters in the play, and one by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This site holds a wealth of general information about Hamlet, mostly about the chronological events and the characters in the play.
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/hamlet/hamlet.htm
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