Project Gutenberg 2011-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 211 Vining, Edward Payson 1847 1920 Vining, Edward P. Time in the Play of Hamlet Produced by Tor Martin Kristiansen, Joseph Cooper, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Time in the Play of Hamlet" by Edward Payson Vining is a scholarly analysis written in the late 19th century. This work focuses on the intricacies of time as portrayed in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Hamlet," exploring the differing interpretations of how much time the events of the play encompass. The book aims to clarify the timeline of the actions within the play, challenging various critical opinions regarding the duration and implications of these actions. In this analytical piece, Vining meticulously examines the timeline of events in "Hamlet," asserting that the play's action unfolds over a defined period rather than the broad spans suggested by some critics. He breaks down the play act by act, noting specific scenes that indicate time lapses, from the initial midnight setting of the first act to a series of intervals and the final scenes. Vining argues against the notion of Shakespeare employing confusing temporal manipulations, positing instead that there is a coherent structure to the narrative that allows the audience to understand the timeline clearly. The analysis highlights key moments, such as Hamlet’s feigned madness, Polonius's death, and the political machinations at court, all of which contribute to a very specific chronology underpinning the tragedy's unfolding events. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36002/36002-h/images/title-page.jpg Reading ease score: 61.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Tragedy Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet Time in literature PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Plays/Films/Dramas 61180 2025-06-14T16:31:57.398671 text/html 57843 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 42441 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 52668 2025-06-14T16:32:00.109669 application/epub+zip 51178 2025-06-14T16:31:58.062692 application/epub+zip 51178 2025-06-14T16:31:57.750669 application/epub+zip 81093 2025-06-14T16:32:01.873655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71324 2025-06-14T16:31:59.786690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71474 2022-09-16T12:51:43.492762 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46972 2025-06-14T16:31:57.188702 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46741 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 17851 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 46732 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17819 2011-04-30T13:23:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 1166740 2012-03-16T09:24:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 22076 2025-06-14T16:32:02.031663 application/rdf+xml 8915 2025-06-14T16:31:57.817728 image/jpeg 1993 2025-06-14T16:31:57.785674 image/jpeg 44600 2025-06-14T16:31:57.411696 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog