Hamlet Study Guide

Hamlet Study Guide

Quinn Mattfeld as Hamlet in the Utah Shakespeare Festival’s 2019 production of Hamlet . (Photo by Karl Hugh.)

Information on the Play

Synopsis
Characters
The Text
Elizabethan Context
Elsinore
Amlet, a Scandinavian Legend
Hamlet
Ophelia
Themes: Ophelia’s Garden

Classroom Helps

Discussion Questions

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Information on the Play

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