Hamlet Flashcards

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Oedipus Complex

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The attachment of a child to parent of opposite sex and aggressive feelings towards the parent of the same sex - Freudian theory

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Marxist theory

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Focus on class structure
Hamlet mocks Claudius’ true motives of getting economic power and climbing social hierarchy

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Feminist theory

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Women are dominated by men
Male characters are strong, females are weak/passive/submissive and used as pawns in patriarchal society e.g Oph used by Pol and Gert used by Ham

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What is existential nihilism?

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Life has no intrinsic meaning or value, human/humanity is insignificant

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What is metatheatre?

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Aspects of a play which draw attention to it being a play e.g a play-within-a-play, pretending to be mad, making audience look up

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Act 1

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Scene 1 - Horatio sees ghost
Scene 2 - Court, Hamlet soliloquy on incestual marriage
Scene 3 - Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes
Scene 4 - Hamlet sees ghost
Scene 5 - Hamlet decides to avenge his father

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Act 2

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Scene 1 - Ophelia tells Polonius of Hamlet’s mad behaviour
Scene 2 - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern, asks to perform Murder of Gonzago

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Act 3

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Scene 1 - Meeting of Hamlet and Ophelia being spied upon, ‘To be or not to be’
Scene 2 - Play is performed
Scene 3 - Hamlet unable to kill Claudius whilst praying
Scene 4 - Gertrude closet, Polonius killed

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Act 4

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Scene 1 - Hamlet refuses to tell R&G where Polonius’ body is
Scene 2 - Claudius sends Hamlet to England
Scene 3 - Fortinbras orders army to go to Danish king
Scene 4 - Ophelia mad, Laertes returns
Scene 5 - Horatio gets letter from Hamlet to meet him
Scene 6 - Claudius and Laertes plan duel/poison, Ophelia drowns

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Act 5

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Scene 1 - Gravedigger/skull/ Yorick
Scene 2 - Duel takes place, everyone dies

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RSC Tennant Production

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Theme of surveillance through CCTV cameras, spying, someone watching every move

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Laurence Olivier Production

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  • Emphasis on Oedipus complex in closet scene as young actress plays Gertrude, Hamlet lies on her on bed, close proximity (psychoanalytical lens - Freud)
  • Winding stairwells echo Hamlet’s mind
  • Melancholic and introspection - focus on existential crisis
  • To be or not to be - edge of cliff with dagger to show indecision between life and death, closes his eyes to show lost in thought - existential crisis
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Maxine Peake production

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  • Hamlet puts on antic disposition
  • Hamlet’s madness hyperbolic/comedic
  • Holds gun to head in ‘to be’, reflects suicide
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Dramatic effects

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Stage directions
Tension
Dialogue
Interrogative
Juxtaposition
Metaphor
Simile
Entrances/Exits
Pace
Suspense
Dramatic irony
Monologue
Soliloquy
Aside
Foreshadowing
Metatheatre
Prose
Blank verse
Dramatic ark
Unseen listener

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CS Lewis

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“Hamlet is haunted, not by the physical fear of dying, but of being dead.”

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AC. Bradley (2)

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“Hamlet assumes without questioning that he ought to avenge his father”

“Hamlet is unable to carry out the sacred duty, imposed by divine authority, of punishing an evil man by death.”

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Hippolyte Taine

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“The story of moral poisoning”

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Coleridge

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“Hamlet’s mind is constantly occupied with the world within”

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Elaine Showalter

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“Ophelia is deprived of thought, sexuality and language, she represents the strong emotions that Elizabethans thought womanish.”

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Caroline Spurgeon

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“The number of images of sickness, disease and the idea of a tumour or an ulcer is descriptive of the unwholesome condition of Denmark morally.”