In " Run, Gurutha, Run" Michiko Kakutani calls Updike's Gertrude "one of his most sympathetic and persuasive female characters yet." Richard Eder's " Spoiled Rotten in Denmark" terms Gertrude and Claudius "a free-standing, pleasurable and wonderfully dexterous novel about three figures in complex interplay with their public state, their private longings and one another."
New York Times page of Updike resources features reviews of Updike's books and audio interviews with the author (note: you must register for the free web version of the Times to view this page). Includes a selected list of Updike's books and a bibliography of additional resources on Updike. The "Texts" section allows viewers to compare selected quartos, and the "Afterlife" page discusses the printing and production of Shakespeare's plays from the 1660s to the current era.įrom the Books and Writers site, a brief biography of Updike, with descriptions of selected works.
The discussion forum allows you to interact with other students reading the play.
Site includes a "Course" section with a briefly annotated electronic edition of the play, study questions (with answers), and other resources for studying Hamlet. Virginia Community College Literature Online site features act-by-act notes, questions and hints study questions about Hamlet's free will, women in the play, and the staging of the closet scene a guide to watching Zefferelli's version of the film and commentary on the making of Branagh's William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Discussion of individual scenes contain illustrations, historical, political and social contexts, MP3s of passages recited in correct pronunciation style, questions for analysis, and suggestions for further reading. Guide to reading key scenes themes, and topics within the context of the Elizabethan era.
English 200: Reading (and Rereading) Hamlet