Hamlet context Flashcards
1
Q
Cain
A
- the first ever murder
- Adam and eves son kills his brother
2
Q
- Aristotle good tragedy
A
- there should be audience catharsis where the climax with great violence and all complications would be resolved
3
Q
- What era was Hamlet written in
A
- 1601
- renaissance era
- tragedies are in fashion
- hero is expected to be a man of action
4
Q
what is ducat
A
- a type of gambling
- means impulse
5
Q
religion during this era
A
- had recently switch from Catholicism to Protestantism
- the skipping of purgatory
6
Q
what is a humanist
A
- someone who questions everything, should, body ,mind
7
Q
Death in the era
A
- elizbvethen are very aware of death
- had skulls in painting and drawn in door ways to remind people that death is inevadble
