Hamlet Act Summary Flashcards
(20 cards)
1.1
Marcello, Bernardo and Horatio see ghost
1.2
Introduction of the court and Hamlet finds out about ghost
A contrast in Claudius speech to Hamlet’s aside and the presence of the ghost makes the comparison of different tones. A darker side is going beyond the public act to the court
Hamlets aside and soliloquy offers the audience an alternative thought - the malcontent
Hamlets bitter lines foreshadow events to come in the play
1.3
Laertes leaves for Paris, Ophelia is warned against seeing Hamlet
1.4
Hamlet sees ghost
foreshadowing through the appearance of the ghost, soliloquy as Hamlet contemplates his revenge, juxtaposition between the revelry inside the castle and the dark, solitary setting on the battlements, aside to reveal Hamlet’s internal thoughts to the audience, and imagery to depict the corruption in Denmark and Hamlet’s disturbed state of mind
1.5
Hamlet meets ghost and learns about fathers murder
2.1
Ophelia is shaken by how hamlet has acted - Claudius claims he’s lovesick
2.2
Gertrude sends R&G to cheer up Hamlet and find out why he’s sad
Theatre groups arrive Hamlet tells them he’s pretending
3.1
Polonius and Claudius spy on Hamlet while he gives ‘to be or not be’ soliloquy and rejects ophelia
3.2
Play within a play, Claudius guilt revealed, mean to Ophelia
3.3
Claudius order R&G to take Hamlet to England, Hamlet fails to kills clauiud while he’s praying
3.4
Kills polonius, confronts Gertrude
4.1
Claudius finds out about Polonius’s murder - realpolitik
4.2
Hamlet accuses R&G of being traitors ‘sponges’
4.3
Hamlet tells Claudius that Polonius is under the stairs and leaves for England
4.4
Fortinbras wants to invaded Denmark for a pointless war, hamlet contemplates life
4.5
Ophelia madness
4.6
Pirate scene - shows his intelligence
4.7
Laertes wants revenge against hamlet - Claudius proposes the duel
5.1
gravediggers, Yoricks skull, hamlets acceptance, Ophelia’s funeral
5.2
Everyone dies
