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Essay / Hamlet: Annotated Bibliography - 1010
Bloom, Harold. Hamlet by William Shakespeare. New York. Chelsea House Publishing, 1996. Electronic Book Collection (EBSCOHost). Internet. April 16, 2014.Harold Bloom performs Hamlet as the most experimental play ever written. He rejected the idea of Hamlet, driven by the ghost of his father and motivated by revenge to kill his uncle Claudius. His uncle ascended the throne and married Queen Gertrude (Hamlet's mother). Bloom also claims that something in Hamlet dies at the beginning of the play due to his mother's incestive decisions with this marriage. The research from this book will be best used in the body of the essay to show how Hamlet's revenge against his uncle and mother is linked. due to incest committed during marriage after the death of his father.Cardullo, Robert. "The delay of Polonius in Shakespeare's Hamlet." Studia Neophilologica 84.1 (2012): 26-32. Premier Academic Research. Internet. April 14, 2014. Robert Cardullo's essay mainly offers suggestions as to why Hamlet delayed killing Polonius. Hamlet delays killing Polonius at the ideal moment. Hamlet delayed the murder of Polonius, who was the Lord Chamberlain and father of Ophelia and Laertes. This article will also be used in the body of the essay referring to the delay in the murder of Polonius. This is comparable to the same time frame as killing Claudius. Friedman, Alan Warren. “Hamlet the Unready”. Modern Language Quarterly 37.1 (1976): 15. Academic Research Premier. Internet. April 15, 2014. According to this article, Friedman discusses the plot of the play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. He addresses the roles that the young Prince Hamlet plays in each scene and acts throughout the play. As the title suggests, Hamlet really wasn't ready to carry out many of the tasks given to him by the ghost of his late father. He was also not ready to accept that his uncle married his mother and killed his father. The article states that Hamlet delays killing his uncle because he is not ready at a particular time. As Hamlet faced these roles, he was forced to do what he was commanded. This artistic research will be used in the body of the essay where Hamlet decided to carry out the command of the Ghost the moment he becomes righteous. Goldstein, Philippe. “Hamlet: not a world of his own.” Shakespeare Studies 13. (1980): 71. Academic Research Premier. Internet. April 13, 2014. In this diary, Goldstein discusses aspects of the play's protagonist's hesitation.