Makes use of ending Flashcards
(13 cards)
The ending of Hamlet is used to preset Hamlet’s change in attitude towards…
death which arguably acts as the catalyst which moves him to being capable
Why are Ophelia and Gertrude’s deaths used in 5.1?
To remind the audience of the tragedy caused by Hamlet’s hamlet’s hamartia
Shakespeare uses the ending of the play to provide…
a sense of catharsis
What is ambiguous about the ending of the play?
Whether or not Hamlet can be considered a tragic hero
What does Young Fortinbras provide in the ending of Hamlet?
He provides a satisfactory resolution which inkeeps with ideas of the body polotick
‘Alexander died, Alexander was buried…
Alexander returneth to dust’
‘Imperious Caesar, dead…
and turned to clay’
‘I have some rights of ______ in this Kingdom’
memory
What quote from 5.2 shows Hamlet becoming the tragic hero in death
‘Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage’
‘The King - the kings…
to blame
‘if it be now, tis not to come; if it not to come…
it will be now’
Quote showing corruption has been removed from the Kingdom of Denmark
‘exchange forgiveness with my noble Hamlet’ - Laertes now fully forgives Hamlet as corruption has been removed
Quote showing Laertes did not fully forgive Hamlet before Claudius’ death
‘I have shot the arrow o’er the house// and hurt my brother’
