Concept/Theme Questions Flashcards
How is the nature of revenge represented in the play?
Revenge is represented as wholly destructive by the play.
Reductive nature: “thy commandment shall occupy the space and volume of my brain”
“from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth”
Sacrilege:
“Trip him that his heels may kick at heaven and his soul may be as damned and black as hell whereto it goes”
“Cut his throat in the church”
Going against nature:
Now could I drink hot blood and do such bitter business as the day would quake to look on
Spur my dull revenge
How is the nature of grief represented in the play?
What perspective about action/procrastination is communicated through Shakespeare’s Hamlet?
How is the nature of parenting represented in the play?
How is the reader invited to view the concept of loyalty/duty in the play?
How is the reader invited to view the concept of deception in the play?
How is the reader invited to view the concept of mortality in the play?
