How do you Harvard reference a website?

How do you Harvard reference a website?

Basic format to reference material from the web

1. Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials.
2. Year.
3. Title (in italics).
4. Publisher. Where there is a corporate author, the publisher and author may be the same.
5. Date viewed.
6. Web address .

What do I not have to cite?

You do NOT need to cite: your own words, ideas and original research….What you don’t need to cite

1. facts that are found in many sources (ex: Marie Antoinette was guillotined in 1793.)
2. things that are easily observed (ex: Many people talk on cellphones while driving.)
3. common sayings (ex: Every man has his price.)

Do you have to cite information you already know?

If you need to refer to the work, you need to cite it. How do I cite information that is already common knowledge in an academic research paper? The simple answer is that you don’t. One doesn’t cite papers that are well known in your field or in the general population.

Do you have to cite to be or not to be?

If you come across the phrase “to be or not to be” and use it in your paper, you have to cite it.

Who is Hamlet talking to in To Be or Not To Be?

Polonius hears Hamlet coming, and he and the king hide. Hamlet enters, speaking thoughtfully and agonizingly to himself about the question of whether to commit suicide to end the pain of experience: “To be, or not to be: that is the question” (III. i. 58).

What is the context of to be or not to be?

The soliloquy is essentially all about life and death: “To be or not to be” means “To live or not to live” (or “To live or to die”). Hamlet discusses how painful and miserable human life is, and how death (specifically suicide) would be preferable, would it not be for the fearful uncertainty of what comes after death.

Where does Hamlet say to be or not to be?

“To be, or not to be” is the opening phrase of a soliloquy given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called “nunnery scene” of William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1.

Why does Ophelia kill herself?

Ophelia kills herself because the fate of Denmark is placed on her shoulders when she is asked to more or less spy on Hamlet, her father has been murdered (by her former lover no less), from the confusion created by her father and brother with regard to the meaning of love, and her suicide is even an act of revenge.

Which Hamlet soliloquy is most important?

Hamlet: ‘To Be Or Not To Be, That Is The Question’ ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’ is the most famous soliloquy in the works of Shakespeare – quite possibly the most famous soliloquy in literature.

Why does Gertrude think Hamlet is mad?

Queen Gertrude, who is Hamlet’s mother, speculates that the cause of this disturbance may be that he is in love with Ophelia, daughter of Polonius.

Does Polonius think Hamlet is mad?

Polonius thinks that Hamlet is mad because he’s crazy with love for Ophelia and she is ignoring him so he is depressed. He wants Hamlet and Ophelia to meet. Polonius is going to spy on them.

What convinces Gertrude that Hamlet is mad?

Hamlet speaks to the apparition, but Gertrude is unable to see it and believes him to be mad. The ghost intones that it has come to remind Hamlet of his purpose, that Hamlet has not yet killed Claudius and must achieve his revenge.

Who is spying on Hamlet?

Synopsis: Claudius and Gertrude set Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two boyhood friends of Hamlet, to spy on him. When Hamlet himself enters, he is confronted first by Polonius and then by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, whom he quickly identifies as Claudius’s spies.

How does Hamlet know Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Cannot be trusted?

Hamlet realizes that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern cannot be trusted. What does he let them know in lines 389-390? He tells them that the king is using them as spies.

Why do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern betray Hamlet?

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern betrayed Hamlets Trust by spying on him for the benefit of the King. Hamlet saw this as a huge betrayel because Rosencrants and Guildenstern were his childhood friends and they just turned on him for gold.

Who kills Hamlet?

Laertes