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•Prized an ordered society
•ELIZABETH HAD NO CHILDREN•FACED ASSASSINATIONS & CONSPIRACIES
•FATHERS CAN CHOOSE A DAUGHTER’S HUSBAND W/O CONSENT
•Witches
•# 3 VERY SYMBOLIC
•Thunder/ Lighting foreshadow
•HAD PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SHOWINGS
•EXISTED OUTSIDE LONDON
•CONSIDERED IMMORAL
•BOYS PLAYED THE ROLE OF WOMEN•SETS WERE SIMPLE•TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE•NO ARTIFICAL LIGHTS
•TWO GLOBES WERE BUILT
•THE FIRST BURNED IN 1613
•2ND WAS REBUILT IN THE SAME SPOT-TORN DOWN IN 1644
•SEATED AROUND 3,000 PEOPLE
•HAD A BALCONY (ROMEO AND JULIET)
•THOU, YOU, YE= YOU
•-ETH ADDED TO VERBS
•WROTE IN BLANK VERSE
USED CONTRACTIONS
•‘T=IT *ANON= SOON
•‘TIS=IT IS *HAP/HAPLY=
•O’ER-OVER PERHAPS
•E’ER=EVER
•NE’ER=NEVER
•‘A=HE
•Connotation: The suggesting of a meaning of a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes.
•Ambiguity: A condition in which something (word/phrase) is capable of being understood in two or more possible ways.
ExplicationExplication
•Line by line analysis of the Line by line analysis of the literary textliterary text
•Includes larger meaning as Includes larger meaning as well as a discussion of such well as a discussion of such elements as diction, style, elements as diction, style, symbolism, parallelism, symbolism, parallelism, figurative language, irony, etcfigurative language, irony, etc
Conventional SymbolConventional Symbol
•Symbol accepted by tradition Symbol accepted by tradition to have a particular meaningto have a particular meaning
•SkullSkull•Rose/other flowersRose/other flowers•PoisonPoison•DiseaseDisease
IronyIrony
•Verbal: puns, sarcasm, Verbal: puns, sarcasm, hyperbole, understatementhyperbole, understatement
•Dramatic: Claudius’ prayer, the Dramatic: Claudius’ prayer, the duel, Hamlet’s kindness to duel, Hamlet’s kindness to LaertesLaertes
•Situational: Ophelia’s madnessSituational: Ophelia’s madness
GenreGenre
•DramaDrama
•PoetryPoetry
•TragedyTragedy
•Revenge tragedyRevenge tragedy
DictionDiction
•PoeticPoetic
•Levels reflect charactersLevels reflect characters
•IronicIronic
•FigurativeFigurative
CircumlocutionCircumlocution
•Speaking indirectlySpeaking indirectly•Polonius: windy; has trouble Polonius: windy; has trouble
getting to the pointgetting to the point•OsricOsric•Hamlet (Shakespeare) perceives Hamlet (Shakespeare) perceives
this to be superficiality which he this to be superficiality which he consistently mocksconsistently mocks
ToneTone
• Through dictionThrough diction– Irony: puns, sarcasm; situational (hoist Irony: puns, sarcasm; situational (hoist
with their own petar)with their own petar)– Metaphors & symbols Metaphors & symbols
•Polonius to Ophelia (leash)Polonius to Ophelia (leash)•Hamlet to Gertrude/Horatio (cankered rose Hamlet to Gertrude/Horatio (cankered rose
vs rose in May) /R&G (springes to catch vs rose in May) /R&G (springes to catch woodcocks)woodcocks)
– AllusionsAllusions– SoliloquiesSoliloquies
What a piece of work is a man
In reason
In faculty
In form and moving
In action
In apprehension
What a piece of work is a man
In reason noble In faculty
In form and moving
In action
In apprehension
What a piece of work is a man
In reason noble In faculty infinite In form and moving
In action
In apprehension
What a piece of work is a man
In reason noble In faculty infinite In form and moving express, admirable In action
In apprehension
What a piece of work is a man
In reason noble In faculty infinite In form and moving express, admirable In action like angel In apprehension
What a piece of work is a man
In reason noble In faculty infinite In form and moving express, admirable In action like angel In apprehension like a god
Is something rotten in the state of Denmark?
Is something rotten in the state of Denmark?SWOT analysis
Is something rotten in the state of Denmark?SWOT analysis
Strengths
• Quick smooth royal succession
• Bright young prince
Is something rotten in the state of Denmark?SWOT analysis
Weaknesses
• Bright young prince is mentally unstable
• Foolish royal advisers
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Is something rotten in the state of Denmark?SWOT analysis
Opportunities
• Plenty of opportunities to kill king Claudius
• Lots of business for undertakers
• Ditto for poison makers
Is something rotten in the state of Denmark?SWOT analysis
Threats
• Fortinbras
• Tendency of Danish aristocracy to suicide
• Sins will bring nemesis and slaughter upon royal household
Hamlet – executive summary
1 Hamlet meets his father’s ghost
Hamlet – executive summary
2 Hamlet learns that his father was killed by his brother Claudius and Queen Gertrude.
Hamlet – executive summary
2 Claudius has quickly become king.
Hamlet – executive summary
3 This is rather upsetting
Hamlet – executive summary
4 The ghost demands revenge
Hamlet – executive summary
5 Hamlet agrees
Hamlet – executive summary
6 His friends swear to keep what they have seen a secret
Hamlet – executive summary
7 Meanwhile… the King’s advisor Polonius meets his daughter Ophelia. Hamlet has upset her.
Hamlet – executive summary
8 Hamlet is acting mad
Hamlet – executive summary
9 We learn that Fortinbras, King of Norway, has been persuaded to invade Poland instead of Denmark
Hamlet – executive summary
10 A troupe of players arrive
Hamlet
Play within
play
Hamlet – executive summary
10 A troupe of players arrive
Hamlet
Play within
play
The murder of Gonzago
Hamlet – executive summary
11 Play contains lines which Hamlet writes to expose Claudius and Gertrude
Hamlet – executive summary
11 Play contains lines which Hamlet writes to expose Claudius and Gertrude
Hamlet – executive summary
12 Hamlet rages at his inability to kill Claudius
Hamlet – executive summary
13 Polonius accidentally killed by Hamlet
Hamlet – executive summary
14 Claudius wants Hamlet to go to England
Hamlet – executive summary
15 …where he will be executed
Hamlet – executive summary
16 Ophelia has been driven mad by father’s death and Hamlet’s rejection of her
Hamlet – executive summary
17 Laertes, Ophelia’s brother, swears revenge on Hamlet
Hamlet – executive summary
18 Hamlet returns to Danish court: Claudius suggests a duel between Laertes and Hamlet…
Hamlet – executive summary
19 …where the King will offer Hamlet a poisoned goblet
Hamlet – executive summary
20 Ophelia dies
Hamlet – executive summary
21 Hamlet muses on death at Yorick’s grave
Hamlet – executive summary
22 Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are killed
Hamlet – executive summary
22 Queen accidentally poisons herself
Hamlet – executive summary
23 Both duellists wounded by poisoned sword: Laertes reveals plot and Hamlet kills king
Hamlet – executive summary
24 Laertes dies
Hamlet – executive summary
25 Fortinbras arrives from Norway and discovers the carnage
Hamlet – executive summary
25 Hamlet dies
clever
sane
stupid
mad
Ophelia
Gertrude
Polonius
Horatio
Rosencranz, Guilderstern
clever
sane
stupid
mad
Ophelia
Gertrude
Polonius
Horatio
Rosencranz, Guilderstern
Hamlet?
clever
sane
stupid
mad
Ophelia
Gertrude
Polonius
Horatio
Rosencranz, Guilderstern
Hamlet?
clever
sane
stupid
mad
Ophelia
Gertrude
Polonius
Horatio
Rosencranz, Guilderstern
Hamlet?
clever
sane
stupid
mad
Ophelia
Gertrude
Polonius
Horatio
Rosencranz, Guilderstern
Hamlet?
