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Hamlet Through Historical Lens - College Essay

Hamlet Through Historical Lens

There are many different critical schools that authors use in their writing. Many authors use historical criticism in order to incorporate events as well as their own opinions. Some may think that a book belongs in the historical portion of the critical schools if it has any references to historical events, however; this is not the case. In order for a piece of literature to be placed in this category it must be written during the time the event took place. For example if a piece of literature were to be written now about world war two it would not fall under the category of historical criticism. On the other hand if a something were to be written today about the war in Afghanistan it ...

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looked at it through the historical lens. Although William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet might not be as monumental as the Bible it has also been looked at through the historical lens. It is believed that Shakespeare wrote the play Hamlet in 1601. Some also contemplate the idea that Shakespeare might have gotten his inspiration for the play from Amleth, which first appeared in 1514. (http://www.studyworld.com/studyworld_studynotes/jnotes/hamlet/HistoricalContext.html) The two plays have similar plots. The uncle kills the father and marries the mother however the endings are very different. This could be true or it could not be but either way Shakespeare’s Hamlet is full of historical events that occurred in the time period that he was writing the play.
One of these events was the enlightenment. (apush text book) The enlightenment era was defined to be a time when intellectual reasoning became prominent. Sometimes referred to as the age of reason the enlightenment was a revolution for ...

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Added: 3/14/2011 12:39:53 AM
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