prized an ordered society elizabeth had no children faced assassinations & conspiracies fathers...

•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

•

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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