Hamlet: Annotated Biblography

Bloom, Harold. William Shakespeare's Hamlet. New York.Chelsea House Publishing, 1996. EBooks Collection (EBSCOHost). Web. 16 Apr. 2014.

Harold Bloom interpets Hamlet as the most experimental play ever written. He dsmissed the notion of Hamlet, goaded by his father's ghost and motivated by the revenge to kill his Uncle Claudius. His Uncle was acended to the throne and married the Queen, Gertrude.(Hamlet's mother). Bloom also claims that something in Hamlet dies at the beginning of the play due to his mother' incestive decisons with this marraige.

This book research will be best used in the body of the esssay to show how Hamlet's revenge towards his Uncle and Mother are related due to the incest that was committed during the marriage after his father's death.

Cardullo, Robert. "The Delay Of Polonius In Shakespeare's Hamlet." Studia Neophilologica 84.1 (2012): 26-32. Academic Search Premier. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.The essay by Robert Cardullo primarily offers suggestions on why Hamlet delayed his killing of Polonius. Hamlet delays killing Polonius at the perfect time. Hamlet delayed killing Polonius, who was the Lord Chamberlain and father of Ophelia and Laertes.

This article will be used in the body of the essay referencing to the delay of killing Polonius as well. It compares to the same delay as killing Claudius.

Friedman, Alan Warren. "Hamlet The Unready." Modern Language Quarterly 37.1 (1976): 15. Academic Search Premier. Web. 15 Apr. 2014.

According this this article, Friedman talks about the plot of the play, Hamlet,Prince of Denmark. It goes into the roles that young Prince Hamlet has in each scence and act throughout the play. As the title states, Hamlet was really unready to carry out many duties that were placed upon him by the Ghost of his late father. He was also not ready to face the fact that his Uncle marries his mother and killed his father. The article states that Hamlet delays his killing of his Uncle due to not being ready at any given time. As Hamlet faced these roles, he was forced to do what was commanded of him.

This artlice research will be used in the body of essay where Hamlet has decided to carry out the command of The Ghost at the time when it become right.

Goldstein, Philip. "Hamlet: Not A World Of His Own." Shakespeare Studies 13.(1980): 71. Academic Search Premier. Web. 13 Apr. 2014.

In this journal, Goldstein discusses the aspects of the hestation of the protagonist in the play.