IDENTITY
Hamlet
Literature
Work Summary
A tragedy in which Prince Hamlet seeks to determine whether his uncle Claudius murdered his father and to decide how he should respond. The play explores grief, revenge, conscience, uncertainty, theatricality and the difficulty of translating thought into action.
Evidence Summary
Shakespearean wording is reused in his correspondence.
Direct textual allusion.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
William Shakespeare
Work
Hamlet
Years / Period
Oct 1883
Van Gogh Relation
Quoted / Copied
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
Oct 1883 — Letters 387/393, editorial note
Quoted / Copied · Quoted / alluded to
The editors identify Van Gogh's wording 'the time is out of joint' with Hamlet, act 1, scene 5.
Response: Shakespearean wording is reused in his correspondence.
Connection: Direct textual allusion.
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