What Happens in Hamlet by Wilson, J. Dover -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

WHAT HAPPENS IN HAMLET CONTENTS PREFACE I THE ROAD TO ELSINORE I THE ROAD TO ELSINORE being an epistle dedicatory to WALTER WILSON GREG II THE TRAGIC BURDEN II THE TRAGIC BURDEN The state of Denmark The task III GHOST OR DEVIL? III GHOST OR DEVIL? Modern difficulties Shakespeare's realism Problems of Elizabethan spiritualism The four witnesses Other superstitions The cellarage scene IV ANTIC DISPOSITION IV ANTIC DISPOSITION Its origin, purpose and character Hamlet and Ophelia Thwarted ambition The nunnery scene V THE MULTIPLE MOUSE-TRAP V THE MULTIPLE MOUSE-TRAP The parallel sub-plots The problem of the dumb-show Miching mallecho "Nephew to the King" The play scene restored VI HAMLET'S MAKE-UP VI HAMLET'S MAKE-UP The turning-point Sore distraction The heart of the mystery Dramatic emphasis VII FAILURE AND TRIUMPH VII FAILURE AND TRIUMPH Fortune's pipe The bedroom scene Eclipse Hamlet returns The hero at bay APPENDICES APPENDIX A The Adultery of Gertrude APPENDIX B The Funeral of Ophelia APPENDIX C The Identity of the Gonzago troupe 1 APPENDIX D Mr T. S. Eliot's Theory of of Hamlet APPENDIX E Shakespeare's Knowledge of A Treatise of Melancholie INDEX OF PASSAGES FROM HAMLET QUOTED OR DISCUSSED GENERAL INDEX

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