Sometimes, there’s more to Lit than meets the eye.
Hamlet's constant brooding about death and humanity comes to a head (grotesque pun intended) in the infamous graveyard scene, where Hamlet holds up the unearthed skull of Yorick, a court jester Ham...
We thought you might look here for a little somethin’ about the ghost. We talk about the ghost in its own "Character Analysis" and in the theme of "Religion."
There's a whole lot of garden imagery in the play. The thing is, the gardens in Hamlet aren't necessarily the kind of places where you'd like to hang out and watch butterflies while you picnic. Acc...
Early on in the play, we learn that Hamlet wears an all black get-up that seems to be getting on his mom's nerves. But why? Well, Hamlet wears an "inky cloak" because he's in mourning for his dead...
When Ophelia loses her mind in Act IV, Scene v, she starts handing out flowers to everyone around her. She talks directly about the symbolic meaning of those flowers, but what's also important is t...