Hamlet
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Act 1, Scene 1 Act 1, Scene 2 Act 1, Scene 3 Act 1, Scene 4 Act 1, Scene 5 Act 2, Scene 1 Act 2, Scene 2 Act 3, Scene 1 Act 3, Scene 2 Act 3, Scene 3 Act 3, Scene 4 Act 4, Scene 1 Act 4, Scene 2 Act 4, Scene 3 Act 4, Scene 4 Act 4, Scene 5 Act 4, Scene 6 Act 4, Scene 7 Act 5, Scene 1 Act 5, Scene 2
Themes
All Themes Action and Inaction Appearance vs. Reality Women Religion, Honor, and Revenge Poison, Corruption, Death
Quotes
Characters
All Characters Hamlet Claudius Gertrude Polonius Ophelia The Ghost Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Laertes Horatio Fortinbras Yorick
Symbols
All Symbols Yorick’s Skull Ophelia’s Flowers
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Alliteration Allusions Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Oxymorons Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Soliloquy Style Tone Verbal Irony
Quizzes
All Quizzes Act 1, Scene 1 Quiz Act 1, Scene 2 Quiz Act 1, Scene 3 Quiz Act 1, Scene 4 Quiz Act 1, Scene 5 Quiz Act 2, Scene 1 Quiz Act 2, Scene 2 Quiz Act 3, Scene 1 Quiz Act 3, Scene 2 Quiz Act 3, Scene 3 Quiz Act 3, Scene 4 Quiz Act 4, Scene 1 Quiz Act 4, Scene 2 Quiz Act 4, Scene 3 Quiz Act 4, Scene 4 Quiz Act 4, Scene 5 Quiz Act 4, Scene 6 Quiz Act 4, Scene 7 Quiz Act 5, Scene 1 Quiz Act 5, Scene 2 Quiz
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Hamlet

by

William Shakespeare

Hamlet Literary Devices

Read our modern English translation.
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