2.2 Hamlets Feigned Madness And Corruption Of The Royal Court Flashcards
What critic could go well with this scene?
Hamlet is privileged in madness to say things about the corruption of human behaviour
What does hamlet refer to Polonios as
a “fishmonger”
“The sun breed___________”
Sun breeds maggots in a dead dog
What does Hamlet repeat ?
“Words words words”
“To be honest as this world goes is to be one man picked out of _______”
Ten thousand
What’s Hamlets response to P saying “ what do you read my lord”
“Words words words”
What does P say to get H to respond “words words words”
“What do you read my lord”
Why does H refer to P as a “fishmonger”
( fleshmonger) - Hamlet subtly implies at P’s moral corruption as he is willing to sell his daughter for political advantage.
Why does hamlet say “to be honest,as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand”
H utilises this observation to imply that dishonesty is rampant at court - indirectly accusing P and others of their moral corruption
Why does H say that the “ sun breeds maggots in a dead dog “
H’s blizzard and superficially unrelated comment is used to communicate hoe H believes the fact that the court is like a rotting body, where power ( the sun) fosters corruption and moral decay. Which,is symbolised by P and others.
What is the significance of hamlets response to ‘what’s do you read my lord’
H responds with a seemingly non-sensicle and dissmisive answer of “words words words” shows how he is dismissing the empty rhetoric anal insincerity, implying that P himself is full of hollow words.
