Hamlet Who’s Whom?

Horatio Old Hamlet Hamlet Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Gertrude Claudius Ophelia Polonius Laeretes

Plot Looming war between Denmark and Norway Revenge Old Hamlet verses Old Fortinbras Revenge Major and minor characters Love between Hamlet and Ophelia

Revenge Plot Requirements a play within a play mad scenes a vengeful ghost one or several gory scenes a central character who has a serious grievance against a formidable opponent. Takes justice into his own hands after the public has failed him

Soliloquy character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.

Aside A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by the other actors on stage.

Oedipal Complex Sigmund Freud a desire for sexual involvement with the parent of the opposite sex and a sense of rivalry with the parent of the same sex. boys and girls resolved the conflicts differently as a result of castration anxiety (for males) and penis envy (for females). unsuccessful resolution of the Oedipus complex could result in neurosis, pedophilia, and homosexuality.

Electra Complex Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung A daughter's amorous obsession with her father Freud attributes the character of this developmental stage in girls to the idea of "penis envy" Leads to resentment towards the mother figure Hostility towards the mother is then later revoked for fear of losing the mother's love