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 ND 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.

Explication Line by line analysis of the literary text Line by line analysis of the literary text Includes larger meaning as well as a discussion of such elements as diction, style, symbolism, parallelism, figurative language, irony, etc Includes larger meaning as well as a discussion of such elements as diction, style, symbolism, parallelism, figurative language, irony, etc

Conventional Symbol Symbol accepted by tradition to have a particular meaning Symbol accepted by tradition to have a particular meaning Skull Skull Rose/other flowers Rose/other flowers Poison Poison Disease Disease

Irony Verbal: puns, sarcasm, hyperbole, understatement Verbal: puns, sarcasm, hyperbole, understatement Dramatic: Claudius’ prayer, the duel, Hamlet’s kindness to Laertes Dramatic: Claudius’ prayer, the duel, Hamlet’s kindness to Laertes Situational: Ophelia’s madness Situational: Ophelia’s madness

Genre Drama Drama Poetry Poetry Tragedy Tragedy Revenge tragedy Revenge tragedy

Diction Poetic Poetic Levels reflect characters Levels reflect characters Ironic Ironic Figurative Figurative

Circumlocution Speaking indirectly Speaking indirectly Polonius: windy; has trouble getting to the point Polonius: windy; has trouble getting to the point Osric Osric Hamlet (Shakespeare) perceives this to be superficiality which he consistently mocks Hamlet (Shakespeare) perceives this to be superficiality which he consistently mocks

Tone Through diction Through diction –Irony: puns, sarcasm; situational (hoist with their own petar) –Metaphors & symbols Polonius to Ophelia (leash) Polonius to Ophelia (leash) Hamlet to Gertrude/Horatio (cankered rose vs rose in May) /R&G (springes to catch woodcocks) Hamlet to Gertrude/Horatio (cankered rose vs rose in May) /R&G (springes to catch woodcocks) –Allusions –Soliloquies

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 reasonnoble In faculty In form and moving In action In apprehension

What a piece of work is a man In reasonnoble In facultyinfinite In form and moving In action In apprehension

What a piece of work is a man In reasonnoble In facultyinfinite In form and moving express, admirable In action In apprehension

What a piece of work is a man In reasonnoble In facultyinfinite In form and moving express, admirable In actionlike angel In apprehension

What a piece of work is a man In reasonnoble In facultyinfinite In form and moving express, admirable In actionlike angel In apprehensionlike a god

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

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?

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