February Mock Hamlet Flashcards
Charnes critic
‘no one in this play knows or understands anyone else’
Olivier Gertrude
Cast an actress who was 11 years younger than Olivier
It’s is not parents who control their children it is
Fate or children controlling their parents
Ophelia lack of thought
‘I do not know my lord what I should think’
Ophelia rejecting Hamlet following Polonius’ orders quote
‘But as you did command, I did repel his letters and denied his access to me’
What does Polonius tell Reynaldo to do
‘By indirections find directions out’, he can use a ‘bait of falsehood’ to catch a ‘carp of truth’
Polonius using Ophelia as bait quote
‘I’ll loose my daughter to him’
Ophelia is the only character Polonius seeks to gain info without trickery
‘What is’t, Ophelia, he hath said to you’
Polonius sexualises his daughter, sees her as a commodity
in her excellent white bosom
Ethan Hawke 2000
Ophelia is physically bugged
Ophelia is physically bugged
Ethan Hawke 2000
Rebecca smith
‘Polonius seems to love his children. His means of actions, however, are totally corrupt’
What does Claudius tell Hamlet his grief is
‘tis unmanly grief; It shows a will most incorrect to heaven’
How is Hamlet sinning according to Claudius
By grieving so much
Opportunity to kill Claudius quote
‘Now I might do it pat, now he is praying’
What does Claudius praying offer
perfect opportunity to kill but can’t do it as Claudius is controlling him
G. Wilson Knight
Claudius is a ‘good and gentle king’
What does G Wilson Knight’s quote show
Claudius is trying to control Hamlet for his own good out of love and protection
‘good and gentle king’
G. Wilson Knight
Carla Stockton
clearly the antagonist
How does Stockton disagree with Knight
Claudius controls Hamlet for his own personal gain
David P Gontar (2014)
Claudius was actually Hamlet’s biological father, hence explaining why Hamlet is reluctant to kill him
Claudius was actually Hamlet’s biological father, hence explaining why Hamlet is reluctant to kill him
David P Gontar (2014)
How would you describe Act 3 Scene 4
Peripeteia
What do we see and the peripeteia and who does Hamlet try to control
Hamlet becoming more impulsive as he takes up the mantle of a traditional revenge hero and there is a reversal of parental relationships as he seeks to control Gertrude
Hamlet wants to interrogate Gertrude’s reasoning quote
And let me wring your heart
Hamlets accusation and dramatic reveal to Gertrude
‘A bloody deed? Almost as bad good mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother’
Hamlet does not want Gertrude to sleep with Claudius
‘Good night - but go not to my uncle’s bed’
Gertrude scared for her life due to Hamlet
‘Thou wilt not murder me? Help, help, ho!’
What does Gertrude tell Hamlet about his mourning quote
‘tis common all lives must die’
Gray
‘Gertrude is in fact protecting her son from the man who murdered her husband, the King of Denmark’
‘Gertrude is in fact protecting her son from the man who murdered her husband, the King of Denmark’
Gray
Frankcom 2014
Hamlet uses a gun to control Gertrude in the closet scene
Hamlet uses a gun to control Gertrude in the closet scene
Frankcom 2014
What must Hamlet do as instructed by the ghost
‘Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder’
What does Hamlet suspect the ghost is quote and what does this mean
‘And shall I couple hell?’ - suspects the ghost is the devil, links to fate idea as it is not actually Hamlet’s father
What is Hamlet meant to set right quote
‘The time is out of joint; o cursed spite that I was born to set it right’
Rather than let his parents control him, Hamlet chooses to… quote
let fate control him . ‘Let be’
What does ‘let be’ represent
. Has suspicions about the fight but agrees to join anyway
. Brave
. Stoic fatalism,
. Serenity in the face of death
. Hamlet is ready to die, no one has any automany over their death but he wants some control
. This is Hamlet’s anagnorisis
What does no one have over their death
Autonomy but Hamlet wants some control
By allowing fate to take over only then can Hamlet…
Acknowledge his rightful role and identity as King from Claudius’ control, ‘This is I Hamlet the Dane’, even though it secures his tragic destruction
V.W. Greg
‘It bears internal evidence of being but a figment of Hamlet’s brain’ - the thought of and legacy of our parents is enough to control
‘It bears internal evidence of being but a figment of Hamlet’s brain’ - the thought of and legacy of our parents is enough to control
V.W. Greg
Ghost in Laurence Olivier
Also voiced the ghost’s lines
