hamlet Flashcards
1
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list 4 ways in which an atmosphere of tension is created in a1 s1
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- midnight and darkness as characters cannot see each other
- soldiers are on watch for attack
- series of questions being asked
- ghost appearance
2
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list four ways the ghost is characterised in a1 s1
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- appearing three nights in a row
- delay of speech
- appearance being seen as a ‘strange eruption’
- wearing armour and swords although image of a ghost
3
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what important themes are introduced in a1 s1
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death, uncertainty, good and evil, supernatural, betrayal, light and dark
4
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what important motifs are introduced in a1 s1
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theatrical language, dead fathers, duets, duels
5
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list the interruptions that occur in a1 s1
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- the ghost’s appearance interrupting barnardo’s story
- the crowing cock
6
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what are the characters introduced in a1 s1
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horatio, the ghost/ old hamlet , barnado
7
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what language methods are used in a1 s1
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questions, interruptions, half lines, dichotomy,
8
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list the symbolic images in a1 s1
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death of old hamlet
war of denmark
the crowing cock
the number three
9
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list the contrasting pairs shown in a1 s1
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horatio and hamlet: stoic and sceptic
heaven and earth
dark and light
good and evil
10
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who are the characters introduced in a1 s2
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claudius, gertrude, hamlet
11
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list the language techniques in claudius’s speech
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- overusing names
- unnecessary repetitions - laertes’s name stressed four times in nine lines
- contortion of syntax
12
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list the images associated with the scene in a1 s2
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mouths, stomachs, eating to demonstrate gluttony
13
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what relationship is focused on in a1 s2
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familial love: incest and unconventional
14
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what is the first type of murder that occurs in hamlet
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fratricide: killing one’s brother or sister
15
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list the ways claudius is characterised in a1 s2
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- insincere
- attention seeking with his speech focusing only on him
- manipulative
- duplicitous via his inner conflicts
16
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list the ways hamlet is characterised in a1 s2
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- sensitive
- feeling of reject/ neglection
- disappointed with his mother’s actions
- problematic and dramatic
17
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what language techniques are demonstrated in hamlet’s aside in a1 s2
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word play, linguistic proverbs, doubles
18
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how is hamlet demonstrated through his first aside
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expressing his inner feelings of being cut off from those around him
19
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what important themes are introduced in a1 s2
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royalty, deception, incest, mother and son relationship
20
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what important motifs are introduced in a1 s2
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familial love, speeches, communication via asides,
21
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list the characters introduced in a1 s3
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ophelia, polonius, laertes
22
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list the ways ophelia is characterised in a1 s3
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short speech, sensitive, quiet, obedient
23
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list the ways polonius is characterised in a1 s3
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rambler, submissive, knowledgeable, self assured
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list the ways laertes is characterised in a1 s3
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speaking in longwinded speeches, traditional son, academic
25
what important themes are shown in a1 s3
familial love, patriarchy, disapproval
26
what role does polonius have in the court of elsinore
being the messenger and role jester of the king
27
what important motifs are seen in a1 s3
truth, memory, appearance vs reality
28
what language techniques are utilised in a1 s3
creating levels of suspense,irony, word play, long winded speech
29
list the dynamic of relationships in a1 s3
- sibling relationship
- father and daughter relationship
- father and son relationship
- romantic relationship
30
list the foil to the character of hamlet introduced in a1 s3
laertes
31
list the language techniques used in a1 s4
- juxtaposition
- interruptions
- cut speeches
- paradoxes
32
list the ways hamlet is characterised in a1 s4
feigning madness, curiosity, idolises his father
32
what effect is used in a1 s4 to set the scene
acts as a duplication of first scene to increase suspense
33
list the way the ghost of old hamlet is characterised in a1 s4
- unreason
- chaos
- supernatural
- image of human race
- image of atmosphere
34
list the themes in a1 s4
- delay
- honour
- evil
- madness
35
what dynamic is shown in a1 s4
father and son relationship
36
when is a1 s4 set
at night as a duplicate of the first scene
37
what information does the ghost reveal in a1 s5
being poisoned by claudius
38
list the language techniques associated with a1 s5
- metaphoric parallel
- injunctions
- soliloquy
- dictions of 'prison' 'ears' weed' 'custom' 'seeing'
39
list the 4 ways old hamlet is seen as in a1 s5
- chivalric warrior
- desire to avenge
- genuine love for wife
- betrayal provokes him to avenge
40
what does hamlet include in his second soliloquy during a1 s5
the aim to wipe away whole past and trivial records, including ophelia
41
list the characters that are involved in a1 s5
- old hamlet
- hamlet
- horatio
- ophelia via soliloquy
42
what important themes are shown in a1 s5
murder/ fratricide, betrayal, loyalty
43
list the characters involved in a2 s1
- polonius
- reynaldo
- ophelia
44
what is the role of reynaldo in a2 s1
to spy on laertes and his behaviours in paris
45
lists the dynamics recognised in a2 s1
- familial
- messenger
- romantic but faded love
46
what images are associated in a2 s1
letters, mistrust, loose living, rejection, temporary feelings
47
what leads hamlet to rejecting ophelia in a2 s1
his previous announcement in the soliloquy that he will erase all trivial memories
48
what is ophelia referring to with her father in a2 s1
the letters that she rejected from hamlet and hamlet's change in behaviour
49
list the way hamlet is characterised in a s1 with ophelia
- feigning insanity
- all clothing is misplaced
- pale as his shirt
- being 'loosed out of hell'
-shaking his legs and ophelia's arms
49
how does polonius define hamlet's action in a2 s1 to ophelia
as an ecstasy of love
50
list the characters involved in a2 s2
- claudius
- gertrude
- rosencrantz and guildenstern
- polonius
- hamlet
- the players
51
what is the role of rosencrantz and guildenstern in a2 s2
spy on hamlet as per the king's orders
52
list the themes in a2 s2
- incest
- madness
- revenge
- betrayal
- friendship
- secrecy
52
why are the players a major scene in the play
they determine whether the murder of old hamlet was truly by claudius
53
what are the similar motifs to old hamlet's death and the players scene in a2 s2
- image of gertrude
- the poisoning
- the play title being 'the murder of gonzago'
53
list the language techniques used in a2 s2
- soliloquy: hamlet
- aside
- short, sharp sentences
- metaphor
- puns
- irony
53
list the motifs in a2 s2
- graves
- earth
-prisons
- plays
- death
- doubt
54
who are the dominating characters in a3 s1
hamlet and ophelia
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what does hamlet include in his soliloquy for a3 s1
‘to be or not to be’
- motif of suicide
- morals of royalty
54
what is a3 s1 known as for the scene for hamlet and ophelia
the nunnery scene
54
list the three choices available to women shown in a3 s1 for ophelia
- wife
- widow
- nun
54
what is repetitively said to opehlia in a3 s1
to a nunnery,go
54
list the ways hamlet is characterised in a3 s1
- cruel
- dominant
- feigning madness
- traditional views (for women)
- conflicted
54
list the ways ophelia is characterised in a3 s1
- vulnerable
- foolish
- obedient
- betrayed/ used
55
what is the role of ophelia in a3 s1
to spy and get information about hamlet's progressive madness
55
list the common themes in a3 s1
- madness
- secrecy
- death
- morality
- royalty
- nunnery
- beauty
68
list the dynamics of observing individuals in a3 s2
- audience observes hamlet
- hamlet observes claudius and gertrude
- gertrude and claudius observe the players
69
how is horatio characterised towards hamlet for a3 s2
as stoic and refusing to be 'passion's slave' in the belief of that being how a man should act
70
list the language techniques used in the play for a3 s2
- rhyming couplets
- plays
- medieval rhetoric devices e.g. circumlocution
- old style languages e.g. archaic diction
71
what is the reason for hamlet's vulgarity towards ophelia in a3 s2
as a burden for all the things he wants to accuse his mother of as she would be able to hear what he says
72
what is the effect of the prologue/ play in a3 s2
silent parallel of old hamlet's death
- play within a play
73
how is hamlet characterised in a3 s2
- ultimate madness
- clarity due to proving his father's superstition
- shift from commentator and observer to an active protagonist
74
what common form of method is used by hamlet in a3 s2
his fifth soliloquy in response to renewed resolving
75
what link is used between claudius and hamlet in a3 s3
use of a soliloquy
- irony of similarity intellectually
76
list claudius's realisation in his only soliloquy during a3 s3
awareness that fratricide is the ultimate sin
77
list 4 ways in which hamlet and claudius's soliloquy have similarities in a3 s3
- the dialect
- rhetorical use of language
- doubles
- contradictions
78
what is the difference between claudius and hamlet's soliloquy in a3 s3
cannot resist temptation or show remorse for killing brother
79
list the common motifs shown in a3 s3
- revenge
- conflict
- asympathy vs sympathy
- religion
- murder
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what is hamlet's reason for not killing claudius in a3 s3
does not want to kill him whilst praying as he will end up on heaven and not hell
81
what is a3 s4 also known as
the closet scene
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what dynamics are used in a3 s4
- mother and son: oedipal nature questioned
83
how does polonius cause his own death in a3 s4
incapability of keeping quiet as hamlet kills polonius in mistake
84
how is polonius's death seen as a turning point for hamlet in a3 s4
first time hamlet acts impulsively and the outcome was heaven directed
85
list the effects of the ghost appearing in his night gown for a3 s4
- protectiveness towards gertrude
- hamlet disobeys the ghost by tackling mother
and is punished through the ghost's appearance
86
list the implications of gertrude not seeing the ghost appearing in a3 s4
- her betrayal towards old hamlet
- hamlet speaking to thin air: schizophrenic
- hamlet being in touch with both living and dead: supernatural
87
what is the shift of hamlet's behaviour in a3 s4
starts to act on impulse, irrational behaviour shown
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list the characters involved in a4 s1
- gertrude
- claudius
- guildenstern and rosencrantz
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what is the role of rosencrantz and guildenstern in a4 s1
aim to find the body of polonius as hamlet has hidden it
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list the motifs shown in a4 s2
- secrecy
- mistrust
- afterlife
- royalty
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list how hamlet is characterised in a4 s2
- blunt
- threatening
- dismissive
- cunning
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what is the role of rosencrantz and guildenstern in a4 s2
they speak to hamlet and ask for the body of polonius but instead hamlet humbles them as the 'minions' of claudius
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list the two characters involved in a4 s3
claudius and hamlet
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list how the corpse of polonius's body is described in a4 s3
as if it has been eaten
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where does polonius direct hamlet towards in a4 s3
to england as a sense of worry and to kill off hamlet
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what common technique of hamlet is shown in a4 s4
hamlet's final soliloquy as he finally result in taking revenge on claudius
97
list the motifs used in a4 s4
- conflict
- war
- foreign countries
- battle
- heroism
- honour
98
what dynamic is focused on in a4 s4 and why
hamlet and foil character of fortinbras
- action vs thought
- hamlet admires fortinbras for prioritisng honour and acting on impulse
- fortinbras viewed as avenging warrior
99
list the similarity between hamlet and fortinbras shown in a4 s4
- fatherless
- usurping uncles
- next to the throne
100
list 2 ways in which ophelia demonstrates her madness in a4 s5
- singing passionate songs of love and loss
- projecting her sexuality towards everyone, especially claudius
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what period of time is a4 s5 assumed to be set in
early summer
- flowers with ophelia
102
what is seen as the driving forces for ophelia's madness in a4 s5
loss of her father and loss of her lover
- leads to being sexually explicit and also an innocent maiden
103
list how laertes is characterised in a4 s5
- seeking revenge for his father's death
- furious
- fury seeing his sister's madness
- determined
- enraged
104
what is the effect of the letter in a4 s6
hamlet tells horatio of his capture by pirates and a battle at sea, suggesting that the death of hamlet was planned by claudius
105
list the two reasons why claudius tells laertes not to punish hamlet in a4 s7
- close to his wife and hamlet's mother, gertude: close blood link of relationship
- people of denmark like hamlet and claudius will be given a bad reputation
106
what is the plot of laertes and claudius in a4 s7
to duel/ fight with eachother
- claudius will poison the drink for hamlet and poison the tip of laertes's sword so it will kill hamlet
107
what does hamlet reveal in a letter to claudius in a4 s7
that he is coming back to the court of elsinore
- claudius is unaware that hamlet has manipulated and ordered for the death of rosencrantz and guildenstern
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who's death is revealed by gertrude and how they die in a4 s7
ophelia's death is revealed as a act of committing suicide
