Scene 5 Flashcards
What duty does Hamlet have towards his father?
Filial duty
Why is there a disproportionate line length shared between Hamlet and his father?
To show the ghost as an authoritarian figue
What does hamlets interaction with the ghost of his father parallel?
Polonius and Ophelia relationship
‘Speak, i am ……… to hear’
Bound
‘……….,……….. O …….. if thou didst ever thy dear father love’
List
‘Till the foul cries den in my days of nature are….
Burnt and purgd away’
What does the ghost speech represent conflict between?
The catholic beleif of purgatory and the protestant grilde of hell.
‘Revenge this ….. and most unnatural murder’
Foul
Murder most ….. at best
Foul
But this most …… strange and unnatural
Foul
what word does the ghost of old hamlet repeat when describing his murder?
Foul
‘haste me to know’t that i with….’
Wings as swift
‘May sweep to my…’
Revenge
‘A ……. Stung me’ what does this reference?
Serpent. References the garden of Eden to suggest that Claudius is blasphemous and deceitful
‘Thy …….. all alone shall live’
Commandment
‘Forged process of my death….’
Rankly abus’d
‘Ay, that ……… and adulterate beast’
Incestuous
What is the ghost tone?
Imperative or demanding
Hamlet says ‘I have….’
Swornt
What was the name of Shakespeare’s son?
Hamnet
When did Shakespeare’s son die?
1596 - 5 years before Hamlet was performed
Shakespeare losing his only son may have influenced whose relationship?
Hamlet and his fathers
‘All duties seem …….. to hamlet’ (Van Goethe)
Holy
‘Hamlet is rather an …….. than an agent’ (Johnson)
Instrument
‘…………………. Remember me’
Adieu, adieu, adieu.
‘Let not the royal bed of Denmark be…’
A cough for luxury and damned incest
What does the ghost tell hamlet to do to his mother?
Leave her be, suggesting she wasn’t involved in the killing of old hamlet
‘I’ll wipe away all ………….. records’
Tricks fond
‘O most ……… woman’
Pernicious
‘O villain, villain, smiling…..’
Damned villain
‘It is….’
Adieu adieu remember me
‘To put an antic….’
Disposition on
What mindset does Hamlets vengeful attitude represent? And what does it contrast?
A medieval mindset to contrast his past Renaissance mindset
‘O cursed…..’
Spite
‘O cursed spite that i was ever born to…..’
Set it right
