The Play within a Play's the Thing

Autor/in	Wolfsdorf, Adam
Titel	The Play within a Play's the Thing
Quelle	In: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 25 (2018) 2, S.198-207 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-684X
DOI	10.1080/1358684X.2018.1452605
Schlagwörter	English Literature; Drama; Dramatic Play; Teaching Methods; Literary Criticism; Literature Appreciation; Didacticism; High School Students; Graduate Students; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Englische literatur; Schauspiel; Dramatisches Mittel; Theaterstück; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Literaturkritik; Literarische Wertung; Didaktisierung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Graduate Study; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium
Abstract	The play within a play has long been understood as Hamlet's attempt to catch the conscience of the King. But is that all it is? Perhaps there's more to the "Murder of Gonzago" than either Hamlet or even Shakespeare, himself, intended? While the narrative of the Player King and Player Queen clearly works to tap into the private guilt of King Claudius, it also does much to reveal the hidden psychology of Gertrude, a woman whose motives and psychological underpinnings are often concealed to the audience. The purpose of this article is to use the play within a play as a meta-text through which the reader can learn to decode, first, who Gertrude was, both as a wife and a person, prior to Hamlet Sr.'s death, and, second, offer an explanation for why she remarries so quickly in the wake of her first husband's murder. In this sense, though Hamlet designs the play within a play to gain ocular proof of Claudius' crime, he may unconsciously also do so to catch the conscience of his mother, and thereby better understand himself. The play "within" a play within a play's the thing. (As Provided).
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