Hamlet Context
By LEAH
, contents
• • Humanism
• • Renaissance (both the movement and how Hamlet is a Renaissan
thinker)
• • Religious conflicts of the era
• • View of the ghost – Catholic vs Protestant views
• • Body Politic (NOT Divine Right / Great Chain of Being – far too GC
(Claudius soliloquy)
• • Water and women
• • Poison (as a weapon)
• • Madness
• • Honour – duels and reputation
• • The court (specifically the court of queen Elizabeth / concerns of
succession)
• • Spying
• • Conventions of tragedy and revenge tragedies
3/1/20XX SAMPLE FOOTER TEXT
By LEAH
, contents
• • Humanism
• • Renaissance (both the movement and how Hamlet is a Renaissan
thinker)
• • Religious conflicts of the era
• • View of the ghost – Catholic vs Protestant views
• • Body Politic (NOT Divine Right / Great Chain of Being – far too GC
(Claudius soliloquy)
• • Water and women
• • Poison (as a weapon)
• • Madness
• • Honour – duels and reputation
• • The court (specifically the court of queen Elizabeth / concerns of
succession)
• • Spying
• • Conventions of tragedy and revenge tragedies
3/1/20XX SAMPLE FOOTER TEXT