Hamlet: Revenge Flashcards
‘Because he ______ have his revenge _______, he _______ it altogether’
‘Because he cannot have his revenge perfect, he declines it altogether’ (Hamlet)
William Hazlitt
‘In order to ____ the part of the _________ he must become the ________ villain himself’
‘In order to act the part of the revenger he must become the bloody villain himself’
Hunt
‘Revenge his ____ and most __________ murder’
‘Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder’
A1 S5 (Ghost)
‘Why, this is _____ and _________, not _________’
‘Why, this is hire and salary, not revenge’
A3 S3 (Hamlet)
‘__________ purpose’
‘____ my dull revenge’
‘blunted purpose’
‘spur my dull revenge’
‘hath but ____ part _________ and ever three parts ________’
‘hath but one part wisdom and ever three parts coward’
A4 S4 (Hamlet)
‘____________ and grace, to the ___________ pit! I dare __________.’
‘Conscience and grace, to the profoundest pit! I dare damnation.’
A4 S5 (Laertes)
‘Revenge should have no bounds’
A4 S7 (Claudius)
‘It is a _________ temper’d by ________’
‘It is a poison temper’d by himself’
A5 S2 (Laertes about Claudius)
‘as a ___________ to mine own _____’
‘as a woodcock to mine own springe’
A5 S2 (Laertes)
‘the ________ itself ends up being almost an __________, and in many ways, is ____________’
‘the revenge itself ends up being almost an afterthought, and in many ways, is anticlimactic’
Lee Jamieson (21st)
‘Laertes is a typical _________ and the complete _____ to Hamlet in that ______’
‘Laertes is a typical avenger and the complete foil to Hamlet in that regard’
Kittredge (20th)
Hamlet’s killing of Claudius in Kenneth Branagh (1996)
ACT 5 SCENE 2:
- Hamlet throws a dagger at Claudius from the balcony
- Allows the chandelier to fall on and crush Claudius
- Angrily force feeds Claudius the poisoned drink (very involved/direct in the killing)
Ghost’s appearance in Royal Shakespeare Company production (2009)
ACT 1 SCENE 4:
- After ghost disappears, Hamlet is left angrily talking to himself as he plans his revenge
- Initiates this with a blood feud
- Hamlet is uncontrollable/hysterical through his erratic hand gestures and wavering tone
