Death Flashcards
1
Q
“The funeral baked meats / did coldly furnish the marriage table”
A
Act One, Scene Two
2
Q
“O that this too solid flesh would melt”
A
Act One, Scene Two
3
Q
“To be, or not to be: that is the question”
A
Act Three, Scene One
4
Q
Memento mori
A
Kenneth Barangh 1996 - begins and ends with shots of the statue of Old King Hamlet - a physical reminder of death which haunts
5
Q
Blood Bath Scene
A
Act Five, Scene Two
6
Q
Ophelia’s death
A
Millais’ Pre-Raphaelite painting - romanticised suicide
7
Q
Romanticised death
A
- innocence and purity through floriography
- her death is indeed ‘muddy’
