Arts & Entertainment
Hamlet
Curriculum tie-in: English, Language Arts, Shakespeare, Reading Comprehension, Character Development
Grades: Grades 8-12
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark... The King has been secretly murdered by his ambitious brother, Claudius. The Kings Widow, Gertrude, has quickly re-married her husband's murderer. Prince Hamlet is tormented by his father's death and his mother's duplicity. What will he do? Will he rouse himself to vengeance or give in to indecision, melancholy, and madness. Hamlet, one of the most famous plays in all of literature follows the Prince as he struggles to find a course of action.