Shakespeare & Hamlet Class Notes Flashcards
Full title:
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Setting:
Denmark
(Royal Family of Denmark) King Hamlet (..): … king, “…”
dead; good; warrior
(Royal Family of Denmark) Queen Gertrude: …. wife
king hamlet’s
(Royal Family of Denmark) King Claudius: … brother, … gains …
king hamlet’s; sneakily; throne
(Royal Family of Denmark) prince hamlet: … and … son; …; never becomes …., although he …
king hamlet and gertrude’s; protagonist; king; should be
(danish nobility) Polonius: … to king, …, … children
right hand man; widower; 2
(danish nobility) laertes: … son, …
Polonius’s; oldest
(danish nobility) Ophelia: … daughter, …. girlfriend
Polonius’s; Prince Hamlet’s
(danish nobility) Horatio: …, … best friend, attends …
court; Prince Hamlet’s; Wittenberg
(Royal Family of Norway) King Fortinbras (…): killed by …., has ….
dead; King Hamlet; brother
(Royal Family of Norway) “Old Norway”: … brother, now …, …
King Fortinbras’s; king; nameless
(Royal Family of Norway) Prince Fortinbras: … son, should be … but is not
King Fortinbras’s; king
(key places, terms, etc) Elsinore: … in …
castle; Denmark
(key places, terms, etc) wittenberg: … and …, where …. started, …. is student here, … dies while he’s …. located in …., …. returns to find … as …, now married to …
school; church; protestant reformation; prince hamlet; father; attending school; germany; hamlet; uncle; king; his mother (queen g)
(key places, terms, etc) catholic vs. protestant: we don’t know which
prince H. is
(key places, terms, etc) England as …. to …, ally but paid that country for …
tributary; denmark; protection
the election: reason why
claudius is king
(origin story) Saxo Grammaticus (Saxo, the …) had responsibiity of writing …
1st Danish history
(origin story) Anglo-Saxons: danes were ..–> no belief in ..
fatalists; after-life
(origin story) due to fatalist outlook, good behavior and bravery was encouraged through appeal of
good legacy
(origin story) legacies were bestowed by
poets
(origin story) Saxo wrote book
Gesta Danorem
(origin story) canon: book composed of
smaller books