Control and Lack of Control Flashcards
“To bear our ——– in grief, and our whole kingdom”
“To bear our hearts in grief, and our whole kingdom”
Claudius about old Hamlet
Controls how people view the recent death of old Hamlet
Manipulation
‘To cut his ——– i’th’ the church’
‘To cut his throat i’th’ the church’
Laertes to Claudius about Hamlet
Laertes shows C is very manipulative/controlling as he says he will
‘cut his throat i’th’ the church’
‘Tis ——– grief;
It shows a will most incorrect to ———’
‘Tis unmanly grief;
It shows a will most incorrect to heaven’
Claudius to Hamlet
Attempts to control/dictate Hamlet’s emotions
Suggesting his emotional nature is unjustified
Shows Claudius as controlling/uncompassionate
‘to make inquire/ of his ———-‘
‘put on him/ what forgeries you may please’
‘to make inquire/ of his behaviour’
‘put on him/ what forgeries you may please’
Polonius sends Reynaldo to spy on Laertes
Shows control over children
‘Ophelia, walk you here… Read on this ——-‘
‘Ophelia, walk you here… Read on this book”
Polonius to Ophelia while trying to spy on Hamlet
Controls her as if she’s a puppet
Maybe trying to protect her and does love her?
Maybe just controlling
‘How now, Ophelia? You need not tell us what ———– said, We ——– it all’
‘How now, Ophelia? You need not tell us what Lord Hamlet said, We heard it all’
Polonius to Ophelia
Shows extent of his control/surveillance
Maybe does not care about Ophelia and just uses her in his plan to control Hamlet
P seems to control O’s life
Who she sees/how she talks to them
‘His father’s ——- and our o’er hasty ———’
‘His father’s death and our o’er hasty marriage’
Gertrude to Claudius - does not seek to control Hamlet but help him
Tries to empathise with him
‘I pray you ——– me’
‘I pray you pardon me’
Gertrude before drinking the poison
Shows she truly loves H and does not seek to control him
“a little more …., and less than ….”
“a little more kin, and less than kind”
the audience builds a relationship with Hamlet.
gertrydes and claudius’ relationship is immoral.
hamlets first line in the play shows his anger towards everything
“I’ll call thee Hamlet, ….., father, ……. Dane”
“I’ll call thee Hamlet, king, father, royal Dane”
Hamlet act 1 scene 4
Hamlet is not over the death of his father all he wants is to talk about him again
“But now, my cousin ……., and my ……”
“But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son”
Claudius tried to control Hamlet and say he is now hamlets new father.
“nay my good ……, but as …… did command”
“nay my good lord, but as you did command”
Ophelia says this. this shows the control thet apolonius had over ophelia as he ordered her to do things.
hierarchal family- parental control.
