AS/A-Level English Literature: Hamlet Teacher Resource Pack (+CD)

Marian Cox has been Head of English and A-level literature teacher in a variety of schools in the UK and overseas. She has written many teacher resource packs, student guides and literary articles, and is also an experienced literature examiner.

: Contexts
1: Shakespeare and contemporary theatre
2: Historical and social context
3: Tragedy and the tragic hero
4: Verse and prose
5: The printed text
6: The play in context
7: The play on stage
8: Critical history
: Activities
1: Source comparison
2: Dramatis personae
3: Think of us as of a father: fathers, sons, brothers and husbands
4: Frailty, thy name is woman: mothers, daughters, sisters and wives
5: Th’other place: heaven, earth and hell
6: The heart of my mystery: secrets, questions and doubts
7: Purposes mistook: interruptions, ‘indirections’ and delays
8: Mighty opposites: war, battles and duels
9: This distracted globe: melancholy, madness and memory
10: The play’s the thing: plays, players and acting
11: Double business bound: pairs, parallels and paradoxes
12: Words, words, words: the language of Hamlet
13: Themes
14: Imagery
15: Hamlet’s soliloquies
16: Dramatic responses
: Assessment focus
1: Specifications and objectives
2: Essential quotations
3: Critical comments
4: Essay questions
5: Sample questions with notes
: Resources
1: Scene summaries and notes
2: Literary terms and concepts
3: Further study
4: Texts of Hamlet’s soliloquies