Hamlet: Grief Flashcards

1
Q

Gertrude to Hamlet:

‘tis ________ grief’

A

‘tis unmanly grief’

A1 S2

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‘O, this is the ________ of ______ grief:’

A

‘O, this is the poison of deep grief:’

(Claudius about Ophelia)

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3
Q

‘thou ____________, murd’rous, _________ Dane’

A

‘thou incestuous, murd’rous, damned Dane’

A5 S2 (Hamlet before he kills Claudius)

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4
Q

‘_____ thy _________ colour off’

A

‘cast thy nighted colour off’

A1 S2 (Gertrude)
- Hamlets mourning is excessive and unnatura’
- He should not dwell on his grief

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Q

‘Hamlet is as __________ in grief as it is in ______’

A

‘Hamlet is as drenched in grief as it is in blood’

Meghan O’Rourke (20th)

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6
Q

‘__________ his ____ and most __________ murder’

A

‘Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder’

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‘What’s ________ to him, or he to ________, that he should ______ for her?’

A

‘What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, that he should weep for her?’

A2 S2
- Amazed at actors ability to show grief/anger for someone he has never met

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8
Q

‘Hamlet’s _____ is real, and not a matter of ___________ and ___________; Laetes’ _____ is all _____ and no ____________.’

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‘Hamlet’s grief is real, and not a matter of clothing and appearances; Laetes’ grief is all show and no substance.’

Taylor (20th)

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‘Till I have ________ her ______ more in mine _____’

A

‘Till I have caught her once more in mine arms’
Leaps into the grave

A5 S1 (Laertes)
- Laertes’ performative grief
- Compensating for his previous lack of presence, although it is too late
- Insists to be buried with her

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‘_______ is he whose _____ bears such an _________’

A

‘What is he whose grief bears such an emphasis’

A5 S1 (Hamlet)

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