1. My list so far… Double meaning of tender Double meaning of fool
Start to think about WHY Shakespeare did this…What does it add to the play??
My list so far…
Two kings (Claud and King Hamlet)
Two uncles running the country (Norway and Denmark)
Two nephews with dead fathers (Hamlet and Fortinbras)
Two queens (player queen/Hecuba and Gertrude)
Two sons with fathers murdered (Laertes and Hamlet)
Two sons bent on revenge (Laertes and Hamlet)
Two princes (Hamlet and Fortinbras)
Two crazy people (Ophelia and Gertrude)
Two plays (Actual play, play within a play)
Two murdered kings (King Hamlet and Priam)
Double meaning of tender
Double meaning of fool
Double meaning of grave
Double meaning of lie
Double meaning of nunnery
Two Hamlets (crazy one, sane one)
Two sets of friends (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern vs. Horatio)
Two plans to kill Hamlet (England vs. Duel)
Two ways to kill Hamlet (sword vs. drink)
Two poisonings (King Hamlet vs. Hamlet)