Hamlet: Comedy Flashcards
“A little _____ than ___, and _____ than ______.”
“A little more than kin, and less than kind.”
A1 S2
“The __________ hath sat on her, and finds it ___________ burial”
“The crowned hath sat on her, and finds it Christian burial”
A5 S1 (Gravedigger)
‘you are a ___________’
‘you are a fishmonger’
A2 S2
‘Lady, shall I ___ in your ____?’
‘Lady, shall I lie in your lap?’
A3 S2 (Hamlet- sexual innuendo)
‘Not where he ____, but where ‘a is _____’
‘Not where he eats, but where ‘a is eaten’
A4 S2
‘Dost know this _______-____?’
‘Dost know this water-fly?’
A5 S2 (Hamlet about Osric)
‘a Shakespearan _____ either acts as a ____ to the protagonist’s ___________ or ________ them’
‘a Shakespearan clown either acts as a foil to the protagonist’s behaviour or parodies them’
Hunt
‘The _______-maker, for that _____ outlives a thousand ________’
‘The gallows-maker, for that frame outlives a thousand tenants’
A5 S1 (Gravedigger)
‘I am ____ much in the ____’
‘I am too much in the sun’
A1 S2 (sun=son)
‘Hamlet is a ______ of the ______ hero and the _______ figure’
‘Hamlet is a merge of the tragic hero and the clown figure’
Gabriel Josipovici (20th)
Gravedigger scene in Royal Shakespeare Company (2009)
ACT 5 SCENE 1:
- Gravedigger dressed in a suit and other in high vis + holding a clipboard
- Gravedigger eating his lunch in the grave next to a skull (presents his unseriousness)
- The gravedigger uses his sandwich and teacup like puppets to display Ophelia’s death
Gravedigger scene in Simon Godwin, Paapa Essiedu (2016)
ACT 5 SCENE 1:
- Upbeat musicas they enter
- Lighting is vibrant and lighthearted
- Both the gravedigger and other sing along and dance to the music (gravedigger uses a bone as a microphone)
- Entire scene extremely comedic with sinister undertones
- Gravedigger appears really playful as he jokes around and smiles at the audience
