Bloom, Harold.
Hamlet: Poem Unlimited
. New York: Riverhead Books, 2003.
This resource examines
Hamlet
in greater depth than Bloom’s chapter in
The Invention of the Human
. Bloom dedicates a chapter each to many of the major characters in the play and investigates key themes and specific lines.
Bloom, Harold.
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human.
New York: Riverhead Books, 1998.
This resource contains entries on all major works of Shakespeare. Bloom explains how each play contains characters that establish for readers a conception of true humanity.
Domanico, Jess. “Sincerity in Soliloquy: The Unraveling of Hamlet’s Murderous Identity.”
Valley Humanities Review
, Spring (2010): 1-9. 20 May 2016. <http://www.lvc.edu/vhr/2010/Articles/domanico.pdf>
This article examines the various sides of Hamlet that are revealed in each of his soliloquies, and argues that the prince is driven toward an overarching identity as a murderer over the course of the play.
