Hamlet Themes Flashcards

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Revenge

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  • Hamlet’s father wants Hamlet to avenge his death
  • Laertes want to avenge both Polonius’s and Ophelia’s death
  • Fortinbras wants to revenge for his father’s death and for military losses
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Madness

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  • relates to Hamlet, Ophelia, and possibly Claudius
  • goes hand in hand with truth vs. deception because whether Hamlet’s madness is real or feigned remains an open question throughout the play
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Action vs Inaction

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  • Hamlet seems like a man of thought through much of the play but by the end, he finds a balance between the two
  • Life strikes a balance between thought and action
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Truth vs Deception

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  • The deceitful way by which Claudius came to power underpins the entire play
  • Polonius willing to spread rumours of Laertes in France
  • The company of players
  • Claudius’s motivation in bringing R & G and their true mission
  • The presence of the ghost- truth or figment of Hamlet’s imagination
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Morality

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  • Central theme of Hamlet
  • Ghost of hamlet’s father
  • Hamlets contemplation of suicide
  • Ophelia’s suicide
  • The players performance
  • The gravediggers
  • The numerous deaths in the final scene
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