Hamlet: The Readiness Is All

Series: Humanities Series (Ebec)

Duration: 31

Genre: Educational

Creator: Encyclopedia Britanica Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shakespeare, Develops an understanding of Shakespeare's characters and their motivations through an emphasis upon Hamlet as a young man gradually comprehending the seemingly contradictory forces which cause seemingly unsolvable problems. The problems examined include the reality and permanence of evil and the fact people are not always what they seem, the separation of reality from the deceptive, the contamination of good intentions by evil forces, the reality of death, and the view of man as "royal."

Complete Record: Shakespeare, Develops an understanding of Shakespeare's characters and their motivations through an emphasis upon Hamlet as a young man gradually comprehending the seemingly contradictory forces which cause seemingly unsolvable problems. The problems examined include the reality and permanence of evil and the fact people are not always what they seem, the separation of reality from the deceptive, the contamination of good intentions by evil forces, the reality of death, and the view of man as "royal."NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.