Hamlet: Act I Flashcards

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setting

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  • helps create tension
  • physical setting has dynamic effect on Hamlet
  • setting includes time
  • not just where, but how they feel about where they are
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first scene

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on a dark winter night

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Hamlet’s royal status

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son of the former king

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who is the ghost

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dead king of denmark

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job of these men

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watchmen of the castle

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answers

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  • decides to accompany them
  • claudius is hamlet’s uncle
  • shocked and offended by Ophelia
  • hamlet is actually claudius’s son
  • a ghost or spirit of some kind
  • Denmark
  • hamlet
  • prince of denmark
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