Project Gutenberg 2005-02-04 Public domain in the USA. 77 Hanmer, Thomas, Sir 1677 1746 Thorpe, Clarence De Witt 1887 Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Written by Mr. William Shakespeare (1736) Augustan Reprint Society, publication number 09 Reading ease score: 58.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. "The tradition that Hanmer wrote the essay had its highly dubious origin in a single unsupported statement by Sir Henry Bunbury, made over one hundred years after the work was written...." Produced by David Starner, Graeme Mackreth, David King, and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team “Some Remarks on the Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” attributed to Thomas Hanmer is a critical essay written in the early 18th century. This work discusses Shakespeare's famous play "Hamlet," offering an analysis of its themes, characters, and structure while engaging with contemporary critical debates. The essay focuses on the importance of reason and nature in evaluating the play's artistic merit, challenging the rules established by previous critics. The opening of the essay introduces the author's intent to critique "Hamlet" by examining its qualities through the lens of reason and nature, rather than adhering strictly to traditional criticism. The author immediately asserts the value of true criticism as one that highlights a work's beauties while addressing its flaws only as necessary. The essay emphasizes Shakespeare's genius and his characters' alignment with human nature, while also pointing out perceived flaws within the tragedies, such as structural absurdities. Importantly, the author hints at a balance between admiring Shakespeare's work and being candid about its imperfections, setting the stage for a more detailed analysis of the play's characters and events as the essay unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet Hamlet (Legendary character) -- Early works to 1800 Tragedy -- Early works to 1800 PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 150916 150779 2024-10-06T15:07:04.545291 2023-09-07T05:17:23.446281 text/html text/html 150909 150772 2024-10-06T15:07:04.830327 2023-09-07T05:17:23.592284 text/html text/html 163276 2024-10-06T15:07:12.252266 application/epub+zip 164203 2024-10-06T15:07:08.886272 application/epub+zip 111172 2024-10-06T15:07:07.561299 application/epub+zip 397542 2024-10-06T15:07:14.608253 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 382647 2024-10-06T15:07:11.383262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150108 2022-09-07T18:53:19.645629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132438 132352 2024-10-06T15:07:04.228313 2023-09-07T05:17:23.260279 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 132203 2020-12-19T08:48:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 50366 2020-12-19T08:48:07 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 132196 2020-12-19T08:48:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50345 2020-12-19T08:48:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21643 2024-10-06T15:07:14.748267 application/rdf+xml 25817 2024-10-06T15:07:08.111277 image/jpeg 4780 2024-10-06T15:07:07.837271 image/jpeg 162966 2024-10-06T15:07:04.846316 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog