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Hamlet

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Approaching Shakespeare
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The fact that father and son share the same name in Hamlet is used to investigate the play's nostalgia, drawing on biographical criticism and the religious and political history of early modern England.

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Series
Approaching Shakespeare
People
Emma Smith
Keywords
criticism
play
literature
theatre
language
shakespeare
english
#greatwriters
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 23/10/2012
Duration: 00:21:40

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