Hamlets Interactions With Gertrude And Claudius ( 1.2) Flashcards
After Claudius refers to H as ‘ My son’ What is H’s response
‘ a little more than kin and less than kind’
What does Claudius say to get Hamlet to respond with ‘a little more than kin and less than kind’
‘My son’
Analyse hamlets ‘a little more than kin and less than kind’ response
One perception - is that H is commenting on his distaste for the abnormal and incestuous relationship
Another one - is thar hamlet is rejecting Claudius highlighting their lack of bond and similarities.
What’s Hamlets response to Clausius saying ‘ now is it that the clouds hang on you’
‘ Not so, my lord, i am too much in the sun’
What does Claudius say to get Hamlets response of - ‘Not so my lord, i am too much in the sun’
“ is it that the clouds still hang on you’
Analyse the quotation ‘ Not so my lord i am too much in the sun’
The pun/word play - not only reiterates Hamlets disgust as this new and abnormal relationship - but it also presents him as a whitty abd cutting scholar right from the very beginning
What doesHamlet say to Gertrude
‘Seems Madame? Nay it is, i know not seems’
Analyse Hamlets response to Gertrude “ seems Adam’s? Nay it is, i know not seems’
H distancing himself from Gertrude, refusing to acknowledge the intimacy of another - son relationship. This also highlights how H sees Gertrude’s displays of grief as artificial and false.
Alalyse Hamlets repetiton of “ Nor..nor…nor’
The repeated negators that Shakespeare uses here, is H rejecting his mothers superficial displays of grief - as he sees them as inauthentic and false
How does Shakespeare make use of costume in this scene?
Hamlet it dressed in all black - this contrasts to the rest of the court, (the atmosphere) which not only shows how hamlet is still observing a period of mourning, but also distances himself further from the rest of the court.
What’s some A03 that could be paired with this scene
Mary Queen of Scot’s, and how, like Gertrude, she failed to observe a proper period of mourning following the death of her husband and actually went on too marry the man thought quilts of murdering him.
