How you explore Hamlet on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 32 characters, 16 places, 13 objects and 10 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 52 passages of Hamlet sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as William Shakespeare wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on William Shakespeare instead.
The Hamlet feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of Hamlet
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- The Ghost Appears
- A Court in Mourning, A Prince in Black
- The Ghost’s Command
- Feigned Madness, Real Suspicion
- The Player’s Passion, Hamlet’s Plan
- To Be or Not to Be — The Trap Is Set
- The Mousetrap Springs
- Prayer, Closet, and a Body Behind the Arras
- Exile, Grief, and the Gathering Storm
- Graves, Duel, and Ruin
The author's pen in Hamlet
The passages themselves, William Shakespeare's own words, as Literah maps it.
- The Midnight Watchch. 1
- Horatio Confronts the Ghostch. 1
- Claudius Balances Grief and Rulech. 2
- Beyond The Suits Of Woech. 2
- Most Wicked Speedch. 2
- The King My Fatherch. 2
- His Will Is Not His Ownch. 3
- Polonius Advises Laertesch. 3
- Do Not Believe His Vowsch. 3
- Hamlet Follows the Ghostch. 4
- Following Him Into Denmarkch. 4
- The Serpent Wears His Crownch. 5
- Remember Me Swornch. 5
- By Indirections Find Directions Outch. 6
- The Ecstasy of Lovech. 6
- The Need We Have To Use Youch. 7
- More Matter Less Artch. 7
- Hamlet Taunts Poloniusch. 7
- Man Delights Not Mech. 7
- Pyrrhus Pauses Then Strikesch. 7
The characters of Hamlet
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Hamletmajor
- Claudiusmajor
- Gertrudemajor
- The Ghost / King Hamletmajor
- Horatiomajor
- Opheliamajor
- Poloniussupporting
- Laertessupporting
- Fortinbrassupporting
- Rosencrantzsupporting
- Guildensternsupporting
- The Playerssupporting
- First Playersupporting
- First Clown / Gravediggersupporting
- Marcellusminor
- Barnardominor
The locations in Hamlet
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Elsinore Castlecastle
- Platform before the Castlebattlement
- Churchyard / Graveyardchurchyard
- Final Hallhall
- Room of State / Court Chambercourt chamber
- Polonius's Househouse
- Hall of Performance / Mousetrap Spaceperformance hall
- Prayer Roomprivate room
- Gertrude's Closetprivate chamber
- Road / Sea / England Routeroute
- Plain in Denmarkplain
- Norwaykingdom
- Francecountry
- Englandkingdom
The core concepts in Hamlet
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Seeming and Being
- Surveillance and Observation
- Memory and Obligation
- Action and Delay
- Performance and Theater
- Corruption of Power
- Family and Filial Duty
- Madness: Feigned and Real
- Mortality
- Restoration Through Witness
The objects of note in Hamlet
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- The Crown
- The Arras
- The Mousetrap / Play Script
- Ophelia's Flowers / Garlands
- Yorick's Skull
- Poisoned Foil
- Poisoned Cup
- Ghost's Armor
- Hamlet's Sword / Oath Sword
- Hamlet's Letters / Tokens to Ophelia
- Ophelia's Grave
- England Commission / Letter
- Final Wager / Challenge
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