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Study Questions for Shakespeare's Hamlet

There are a million questions relevant to this play, so there may be others that represent important issues in this play.

1. Images to watch: poison, infection, revenge, secrecy, the arras, madness.
2. Consider the ghost. Should Hamlet believe him? Is he really Hamlet's dad? How does your belief in him affect your reading of the play?
3. Is there really a ghost at all? Even if an actor portrays him (as is usually done), how do you know that he is really there for Hamlet? Does the ghost ask Hamlet to do anything that has not already occurred to Hamlet? ...

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