theme of loyalty notes/ quotes Flashcards
C. James - Horatio’s suicide
“Horatio decided that it is nobler so to suffer”
so loyal to hamlet that he would die beside him
Ophelia’s loyalty to polonius
i shall obey my lord
shows the normal attitude for women to be obedient to men
Hamlet is aware of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s disloyalty - their loyalty is to the King, over their friend
‘it is squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again’
Gertrude’s loyalty to Hamlet - she remains loyal throughout even though she does marry Claudius
O my dear Hamlet - the drink, the drink - I am poisoned
Polonius telling Laertes to be honest to himself - this is hypocritical as Polonius shows disloyalty to his own son( sends a spy to France )
thou canst not then be false to any man’
Ophelia’s loyalty to Laertes
‘Tis in my memory locked, and you yourself shall keep the key of it’
Hamlets loyalty to the ghost?
Hamlet listens and recognises the ghost and in the end complies with it and obeys
closet scene in the David Tennant version (disloyal )
Hamlet pulls a gun out on his own mother which showed his rage about her getting with claudius
why is loyalty significant to Hamlet personally
he judges a person based on their loyalty
Fortinbras and Hamlet loyalty comparison
Fortinbras listens to his family and stays loyal to them and denmark whereas Hamlet doesn’t comply with his family
shakespeare presents hamlet as…
Shakespeare presents
Hamlet as the heroic figure of loyalty to oneself
promotes the importance of …
The play, however, promotes the importance of familial
loyalty.
who rules after hamlet is dead in David garrick’s hamlet
horatio and laetres
questions how horatio would serve under anyone other than Hamlet
