Hamlet in England

Gertrude's Role in Hamlet

Typically, Gertrude's character in productions of Hamlet has been limited by her guilt and sexuality. However, lacking the social and political conventions that confined Elizabethan England, it would seem that there is another possible interpretation of Hamlet's mother. Degree Type Open Access Senior Honors Thesis Department English Language and Literature First Advisor Craig Dionne

Family Relationships in Shakespeare's Hamlet

The relationship between Hamlet and Gertrude seems to be the exception to the rule regarding parent-child connections. Although Hamlet shows clear distress about his mother's marriage to Claudius, his relationship with her is positive. Even though his mother's actions lead Hamlet to frequently criticize women in general, in obvious allusion to Gertrude's marriage, and even though Claudius' marr...

Quantum Hamlet Effect

In this work, by use of a formalism similar to formalism of the quantum Zeno effect (decrease of the decay probability of an unstable quantum system by frequent measurements) and quantum anti-Zeno effect (increase of the decay probability of an unstable quantum system by frequent measurements), we introduce so-called quantum Hamlet effect. It represents a complete destruction of the quantum pre...

The Psychology of Hamlet

Shakespeare’s Hamlet ominously begins with Horatio and Marcellus discussing the appearance of a ghostly apparition that strangely resembles the King of Denmark. As the play unfolds, we learn that it is, in fact, the ghost of Hamlet Sr., the King of Denmark. Immediately, the play begins with a sense of foreboding danger for all of those involved who have a direct connection with his son Hamlet, ...

Intentional Meaning in Hamlet: An Evolutionary Perspective