1st Hamlet Soliloquy - O, That This Too Too Solid Flesh Would Melt Flashcards
1
Q
wishing he could dissolve, or wishes God hadn’t made suicide a sin, emotional turmoil
A
‘His canon ‘gainst self slaughter!’
2
Q
world is flat, stale and useless
A
‘How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable’
3
Q
When does it appear
A
1.2
4
Q
contradictory, time is not absolute
A
‘But two months dead’ … ‘a little month’
5
Q
Claudius was lustful and animalistic, ‘satyr’ a little Greek creature half goat, juxtaposed with Old Hamlet who was godlike and superior
A
‘So excellent a King’ .. ‘Hyperion to a satyr’
6
Q
Old Hamlet and Gertrude were in a loving relationship
A
‘So loving to my mother’
7
Q
all women are weak, mysogenistic
A
‘Frailty thy name is woman’
8
Q
criticising Claudius and Gertrude, core frustration
A
‘Incestuous sheets’
9
Q
Pun at the end
A
‘But break my heart for I must hold my tongue’
