AO2 (75%) Flashcards
1
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Use of prose
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- lower class character e.g. Grave diggers
- hamlet when mad and ‘quintessence of dust speech’
2
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Use of verse (poetry)
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- nobles speak in blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter)
- hamlet’s soliloquies are in verse (claudius’ address of the court)
3
Q
Why is the metre sometimes off
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Poets and play writes hardly ever write in perfect metre
4
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Mirroring of scenes
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E.g. Nunnery scene mirrors scene of closet
Said to reveal hamlet’s discomfort with female sexuality
5
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How does Hamlet speak to rosencrantz and guildenstern
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Iambic pentameter
6
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Route of the word soliloquy
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Latin for alone; similar to an aside
7
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Soliloquys for Hamlet show
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He has a vibrant inner life (not seen externally through ‘suits of solemn black’)
