Hamlet Teacher Resources

This play synposis offers a list of characters as well. Links from the page offer broader Shakespeare resources.

This concise plot analysis discusses the major points of initial action, conflict, complication and climax.

A lesson to help students learn more about Ophelia's mad scenes in Act IV of "Hamlet."

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this Royal Shakespeare Company's video clip, Actor Pippa Nixon talks about the challenges of playing Ophelia in their 2013 production of Hamlet [1:00]

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a film guide for the movie The Lion King, a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's play Hamlet, to be used with younger children. Discussion questions for pre and post viewing and a writing...

Clickable list to paintings inspired by scenes from Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

This lesson plan explores Renaissance humanism in both "Hamlet" and "The Birth of Venus." Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

Shakespeare Uncovered combines history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passions of its celebrated hosts to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare's greatest plays. The Series 3 resources:...

Contains plans for four lessons that use a "Chicago Tribune" column and other modern sources to teach about the advice that Polonius gives to Laertes in Shakespeare's "Hamlet." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...

Notes introducing wit and defining four different types of wit including epigrams, witticisms, quips, and repartees. An example is provided from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and notes can be both read and listened to.

A learning module that begins with "Frailty, Thy Name is Woman" from Hamlet by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...

A learning module that begins with "'To Be or Not To Be' Soliloquy" from Hamlet by William Shakespeare, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...

From Hamlet's melancholy to Juliet's eloquence; and from Othello's misunderstanding to Doctor Faustus's damnation, discover the richness of Shakespearean and Renaissance tragedies.

Selections from interviews with the acclaimed John Gielgud, English actor, producer, and director, including his take on playing the lead in Hamlet.

An image of "Gertrude, Hamlet and the Ghost of Hamlet's Father", created by John Henry Fuseli, c. 1785 (Oil on canvas, 165 x 133 cm).

An image of "Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard", created by Eugene Delacroix in 1839 (Oil on canvas, 29,5 x 36 cm).

An image of "Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard", created by Eugene Delacroix in 1843 (Lithograph, 283 x 214 mm).

An image of "The Singer Faure as Hamlet", created by Edouard Manet in 1877 (Oil on canvas, 194 x 131 cm).

An image of "Hamlet", created by Mihaly Zichyz (Pencil, tempera on paper, 310 x 360 mm).

This website, part of the Nobel e-Museum discussing Nobel Prize winners, provides a biography and discussion of Faulkner's contribution to literature. Here, you can read the Prize "Presentation Speech" made by Gustaf Hellstrom as well as...

The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...

A video describing how Shakespeare's tragic characters like Hamlet, Macbeth, and King Lear changed the way tragedies were written. Learn how these plays were very different from the way Seneca and the Greeks wrote tragedies. Even though...

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