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Hamlet: Critical Essay by Philip Edwards

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SOURCE: Introduction to Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare, edited by Philip Edwards, Cambridge University Press, 1985, pp. 40-61.

In the following excerpt, Edwards analyzes Hamlet in a linear fashion, emphasizing the complexity of the play and examining the choices open to the protagonist.

This is a free excerpt of 44 words. There are 8,742 words (approx. 29 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.

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