Providing a wealth of insight, information and analysis, Hamlet: York Notes Advanced is a comprehensive study resource which provides the knowledge and understanding you’ll need in order to perform at the highest level in an English Literature A Level examination or undergraduate essay.

Examiners will award the highest marks to candidates who can demonstrate in their answers and essays that they understand and can discuss, using appropriate evidence, aspects of the play such as whether Hamlet is genuinely mad or merely feigning madness, why Shakespeare includes comic scenes within a tragedy or the wider significance of the play’s recurring references to health, disease and physical decay.

York Notes’ Hamlet revision bundle, consisting of the print and online study guides, represents the most complete study and revision aid for what is arguably Shakespeare’s greatest play. Comprehensive and detailed analysis of the text and its themes, characters, events, language and context are coupled with useful tools to help you create essays that will demonstrate your understanding of Hamlet and allow you to earn the highest grade you can at English Literature A Level.