Hammy Interpretations- Hammy in Shakespeare's Time

Question 1

Reign of Elizabeth I coming to an end= anxiety and unease about future

Answer 1

Themes of madness and reason related Hamlets to the Earl of Essex

Question 2

Watson

Answer 2

Hamlets need to help father mirrors “ Shakespeare’s own towards his recently decreased and reputedly catholic father”

Question 3

Death of a father and son

Answer 3

Play begins with the death of a father and ends with the death of a son- both called Hamlet

Question 4

Excess of sexuality

Answer 4

Gertrude’s marriage reflects Henry VIII’s remarriage to Elizabeth’s mother

Play= meditation on the Virgin Queen