Critical Response: The Revenger's Tragedy

Women & the Meaning of The Revenger's Tragedy by Robert C Evans

Critical Response: Hamlet & The Revenger's Tragedy

Mourning & Misogyny: Hamlet & The Revenger's Tragedy by Stephen Mullaney

Critical Responses to John Donne

Essays and Articles on John Donne - this is a massive collection of critical responses, and it is well worth a look!

Critical essay

Virtue, Justice & Moral Action in Hamlet by Unhae Langis

Critical essay

Hamlet, Tragedy & Multiple Views of Madness

An Interpretation of Ophelia

Gender & Identity in Hamlet - by Heather Brown

Extracts from Critics

Selection of early critical responses

Crtiical Response: Stephen Greenblatt

The Death of Hamnet and the Making of Hamlet - by Stephen Greenblatt

Critical Response: T S Eliot

Hamlet and His Problems - by T. S. Eliot

5 Hamlet "To be or not to be" Soliloquies

Online lecture: Donne's The Flea

Hamlet - FULL AudioBook

BBC Hamlet, from The Shakespeare Collection. Starring Derek Jacobi

Exam board materials...

...are available here - take a look at exam papers for practice, and examiner reports for some extra tips.

For some additional help with John Donne....

Try the Spark Notes - not all of the poems are covered, but there is some useful material.

For some additional help with Hamlet...

Spark Notes - another useful place to go for some additional help

For help with Shakespeare's language...

No Fear Shakespeare is a handy resource. You can see Shakespeare's lines alongside modernised versions.

RSC Hamlet - full version

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

A quick way to make sure you know / remember the plot of the play...