Project Gutenberg 2011-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 119 Vining, Edward Payson 1847 1920 Vining, Edward P. Time in the Play of Hamlet Produced by Tor Martin Kristiansen, Joseph Cooper, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Time in the Play of Hamlet" by Edward Payson Vining is a scholarly analysis written in the late 19th century. This work focuses on the intricacies of time as portrayed in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Hamlet," exploring the differing interpretations of how much time the events of the play encompass. The book aims to clarify the timeline of the actions within the play, challenging various critical opinions regarding the duration and implications of these actions. In this analytical piece, Vining meticulously examines the timeline of events in "Hamlet," asserting that the play's action unfolds over a defined period rather than the broad spans suggested by some critics. He breaks down the play act by act, noting specific scenes that indicate time lapses, from the initial midnight setting of the first act to a series of intervals and the final scenes. Vining argues against the notion of Shakespeare employing confusing temporal manipulations, positing instead that there is a coherent structure to the narrative that allows the audience to understand the timeline clearly. The analysis highlights key moments, such as Hamlet’s feigned madness, Polonius's death, and the political machinations at court, all of which contribute to a very specific chronology underpinning the tragedy's unfolding events. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36002/36002-h/images/title-page.jpg en Tragedy Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet Time in literature PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 61173 61182 2024-09-15T09:30:27.351740 2023-09-16T03:30:31.045474 text/html text/html 57843 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 42441 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 52456 2024-09-15T09:30:29.616725 application/epub+zip 51164 2024-09-15T09:30:27.887742 application/epub+zip 51163 2024-09-15T09:30:27.617734 application/epub+zip 81099 2024-09-15T09:30:31.094724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71324 2024-09-15T09:30:29.334729 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71474 2022-09-16T12:51:43.492762 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46972 46843 2024-09-15T09:30:27.095744 2023-09-16T03:30:30.860460 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 46741 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 17851 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 46732 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17819 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 1166740 2012-03-16T09:24:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 21656 2024-09-15T09:30:31.227714 application/rdf+xml 8915 2024-09-15T09:30:27.680898 image/jpeg 1993 2024-09-15T09:30:27.649744 image/jpeg 44594 2024-09-15T09:30:27.359841 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