{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-hamlet-myron-stagman-9781443814409","title":"The Mystery of Hamlet: A Solution","description":"Hamlet kills Polonius thinking he is Claudius. Yet he cannot kill Claudius. Why? Hamlet, angry, tells Ophelia: Take thee to a nunnery! [nunnery: Renaissance slang for brothel] There [in Heaven] is no shuffling; there the action lies in his true nature, and we ourselves compelled, even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, to give in evidence. -King Claudius Why does Hamlet attend the German university at Wittenberg? Why study at a university at all? An incorrigible symbolist, Shakespeare must secretly import what he does not openly impart. Contrast resolute avenger Laertes, who would cut [Hamlet's] throat i' the church! Shakespeare understood the Freudian slip centuries before Dr. Freud in Vienna. Twice he employs it to give us hints. Queen Gertrude to her son Hamlet: What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me? ... Alas, he's mad! Prince Hamlet is a disillusioned idealist, a vital key to his generous, passionate, and tragically conscientious character. Camelot-Shakespeare specifically ties the assassination of Hamlet to the death of King Arthur and the collapse of the fellowship of the Round Table.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Myron Stagman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1443814407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781443814409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge Scholars Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.90d","brand":"Myron Stagman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453637439743,"sku":"9781443814409","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_277d0ddc-14b2-47f3-bf87-3c04be730ea7.jpg?v=1777301343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mystery-of-hamlet-myron-stagman-9781443814409","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}