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An article that appears to catalougue and describe some of the textual sources Shakespeare used when writing Hamlet (and Romeo and Juliet.) The library wouldn't let me access it from an off-campus computer though!

This article discusses the idea of an elective monarchy in Denmark, which obviously impacts the play's overall power struggle, in terms of how the monarchy was established in each of the play's sources.

A critical view of how film adaptations change the discourse, reflexivity and meta-theatrical aspects of Shakespeare's plays. Sarah Hatchuel discusses the use of cutting and framing in Branagh's film versions and how his choices may lead the audience; but that this process, though often problematic, can still be true to the play's discourse.

This article attempts to prove that passages from Euripedes and Aeshcylus influenced specific scenes in Hamlet.