THESIS: In the play, "Hamlet", by William Shakespeare. the theme of this play is revenge. William Shakespeare was born in April, 1564 in Stratford, Warwickshire, about 100 miles northwest of London. According to the records of Stratford's Holy Trinity Church, he was baptized on A...

Context William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a prosperous leather merchant in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, England. He attended grammar school, married an older woman named Anne Hathaway, and eventually left Stratford for London to pursue a career in the t...

Sanity is in the mind of the beholder. Whether Hamlet truly goes insane in Hamlet, or if he is just acting mad to achieve his goal in avenging his father's death depends on each reader's interpretation of the play. There are often inconsistencies in Hamlet's behavior, sometimes it se...