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Here you can find all the information you need to create a successful presentation. It is divided in sections corresponding to the different members of your teams, but remember that since you are working together as a team of experts, you should share the knowledge in order to build a choral piece of work. Do not forget: each of you is one part of a group and never works alone. That's the webquest spirit!

If you scroll down the page, you will find the General Interest Resources section, which comprises resources useful for everyone, no matter what role you play, and for the creation of your final work as well.

1. ARCHAELOGIST

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsingør
Find out more about the real Elsinore and try to get the picture.

http://maps.google.it/maps
How about a satellite view?

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/amleth.html
A long, long time ago… a long, long story…

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/history/amleth.html
…to cut a long story short (now, that’s something you can read)

http://cla.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl339/revenge.html
What is a revenge tragedy? What is the most famous revenge tragedy?

http://european-literature.suite101.com/article.cfm/shakespeares_revenge_tragedy
Here’s an idea of the position of Hamlet in the genre of revenge tragedy.

http://www.timetravel-britain.com/articles/london/globe.shtml

http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/virtualtour/
“Within this wooden O”: London’s Globe Theatre. Learn about it and take the official virtual tour! 

2. PHILOSOPHER

http://cla.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl339/hamlet.html
Find inspiration looking at the words in bold in this article.

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/plays/Ham.html
The “Life and Times” section of this section must definitely be checked out. Click the hyperlinks to get to the right quotation!

http://www1.usq.edu.au/artsworx/schoolresources/hamlet/themes.htm
Other ideas about themes in Hamlet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angst
What do Hamlet, Nirvana and Placebo have in common?

http://www.rsc.org.uk/exploringshakespeare/keyidea/hamletkeyidea.htm
Now watch some live on-the-stage action showing the Key Ideas with the Royal Shakespeare Company. 

http://web.archive.org/web/20041023014836/www.netcomuk.co.uk/~iandel/othdoc.html
Here are some views of Shakespeare contemporary writers about such themes as revenge or ghosts…

3. PSYCHOLOGIST

http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/hamlet/characters/characters.htm
A thorough list of the characters and their deeds.

www.rsc.org.uk/exploringshakespeare/hcharacterrelationships/hamlet.htm
Hear the actual words of the actors of the Royal Shakespeare Company talking about the characters and their relationships.

http://shakespeare.emory.edu/illustrated_playdisplay.cfm?playid=7  
The characters in paintings

http://shakespeare.about.com/od/studentresources/a/hamletstudy.htm
Shakespeare character study

Gravedigger's scene(go to the VoW Video Database Page)

Hamlet’s Madness, Rosencrantz and Guilderstern (go to the VoW Video Database Page)

4. STAGE MANAGER

- The Soliloquy (go to the VoW Video Database Page)

- The Duel (go to the VoW Video Database Page)

- Re-writing (go to the VoW Video Database Page)

http://www.hamlethaven.com/haven.html
Beware of the Mousetrap!

http://www.vpsmvaudsav.co.uk/
Hey, is there another Mousetrap out there? Any connections?

- A “spin off”: Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead  by Tom Stoppard (go to the VoW Video Database Page)

- Parodies (go to the VoW Video Database Page)
 

General Interest Resources

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
Need a quote? Here are Shakespeare's complete works. Use the Find command in your browser to find the string of text you are looking for.

http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/elizabethanengland.html
All about Elizabethan England

http://www.tk421.net/hamlet/hamlet.html
Hamlet online...

http://www.wordreference.com/
A fine set of online dictionaries might come in handy, don't you think?

The Internet Movie Database
Or simply IMDB: here you can look up the different movie versions of Hamlet (simply do a title search for "Hamlet"). By the way, it is a great site, where you can find all kind of information about almost every single movie ever released...

http://images.google.com/
Need pictures for your PPT presentation?
Do a Google search for images!

http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?textID=hamlet_f1&PagePosition=1
You are experts: you should really have a look at the original First Folio Edition!