5th Hamlet Soliloquy - Tis Now The Very Witching Time Of Night Flashcards
1
Q
When is it
A
3.3
2
Q
Convention?
A
Most conventional for revenge tragedy
3
Q
more disruptive, move to 12 syllables, emphasises ‘hot blood’, dramatic irony as he will not carry out revenge until act 5
. Violent imagery
. Monosyllabic
A
‘Contagion to this world. Now could I drink hot blood’
4
Q
Semantic field of violent, graphic horror
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‘blood’, ‘daggers’, ‘unnatural’, ‘cruel’
5
Q
verbally punishes Gertrude not physically
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‘I will speak daggers to her but use none’
