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Hamlet: Torment and tragedy

Video Hamlet: Torment and tragedy

TLF ID M018917

Hamlet is one of Shakespeare's most tormented tragic heroes. Unlike the protagonists of most other tragedies, Hamlet begins the play in a state of anguish. In this early soliloquy, the audience learns why. Tom Conroy from Bell Shakespeare realises Hamlet's agony in this moving excerpt from Act 1, scene 2.

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Year level

9; 10

Topics Aboriginal English literature Regional literature Characters (Acting) Text structure Literary criticism Beliefs Literary devices Figures of speech Characters (Narratives) Tragedy Culture Literature Attitudes Dramatists Literary styles Elizabethan theatre Critical thinking Social settings (Narratives) Language conventions Narratives Intertextuality Personal responses Soliloquies Reviewing (Texts) Text purpose
Learning area
  • English

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: The Bell Shakespeare Company
  • Organization: The Bell Shakespeare Company
  • Description: Collaborator
  • URL: http://www.bellshakespeare.com.au
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: The Bell Shakespeare Company
  • Organization: The Bell Shakespeare Company
  • URL: http://www.bellshakespeare.com.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Organization: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Description: Publisher
  • URL: http://www.abc.net.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Video
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  • Metadata © Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Education Services Australia Ltd 2015 (except where otherwise indicated). Digital content © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2015 (except where otherwise indicated).