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Unit Test 2: Shakespeare Flashcards

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Who is Ophelia and how does she die?

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  • Polonius’s daughter

- Drowns/commits suicide

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Who is hamlet and how does he die?

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  • Price of Denmark

- Is stabbed by a poisoned sword

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Who is Horatio and how does he die?

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  • Hamlet’s close friend

- he doesn’t die

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Who is Claudius and how does he die?

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  • the new king of Denmark and King Hamlets brother in law

- Hamlet stabs him and gets ultimate revenge

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Who is Gertrude and how does she die?

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  • the Queen of Denmark and Hamlets mother

- she drinks the poison intended for Hamlet

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Who is Laertes and how does he die?

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  • Ophelia’s brother and Polonius’s son

- He is stabbed by his own sword during his and Hamlet’s sword fight

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Who is Polonius and how does he die?

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  • Father of Ophelia and Laertes

- Hamletstabs him while he is spying

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Who is Fortinbras and how does he die?

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  • Prince of Norway

- He doesn’t die and was into the murderous scene ad becomes the new price of Denmark

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Who are Rosencratz and Guildenstern and hw did they die?

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  • Hamlet’s former friends

- They are executed in England

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10
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What the order in the great chain of being?

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God, Angels, Humans, Animals, Plants, Inanimate Objects

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Why do they use the chain of being? (3)

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  • the more “spirit” the person or object had, the more power it had in its interactions with people or things below in the order.
  • they believed that God set up this order and wanted it to be followed
  • If someone or something were to break the Divine Order by not being obedient to whatever was above it, the person or thing that
    went against the God’s will would be punished.
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Is hamlet mad?

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  • according to A.C. Bradely it is not possible
  • if he was mad that would mean he’s not a tragic character
  • he could blame all his mistakes and flaws on his madness
  • then it’s no longer a tragedy because his actions are not his responsibility but rater blamed on his madness
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What is similar about s tragedy’s and g tragedy’s (6)

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  • both use the audience’s emotions
  • a main theme is suffering
  • the main character has to exceptional and of high degree
  • his fate effects everyone
  • cannot be a perfect person
  • larger than life
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What is different about s tragedy’s and g tragedy’s (3)

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  • s tragedy’s have more characters
  • s tragedy’s the hero must die
  • no classical unities (greek)
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What are classics unties (4)

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Greek

  • play must take place in 24 hours
  • play must heavenly one setting
  • there is only one plot going on
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What must happen to the main character in order for it to be a shakespearean tragedy

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they must die but suffer before hand

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what does the suffering have to be like?

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  • unexpected and contrasting to the beginning happiness
  • all characters suffer because of the one persons actions
  • it can’t be an accident and it can’t happen slowly
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what does tragedy involve according to the “medieval mind” and what emotions impact should it have on the audience (2)

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  • a reversal of fortune for a happy-high up man who doesn’t see it coming
  • it use the audiences emotions of fear and pity
19
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_______ is ______ in a tragedy

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action

central

20
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why is Hamlet different then Job and Oedipus

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Job: not responsible for his fate
Oedipus: his fate was conceived by fickle gods

21
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what was hamlets hamartia or fatal flaw

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stabbing polonius in act 3

22
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why must the humans be actively involved in the events and circumstances and ultimate catastrophe (4)

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  • things aren’t just randomly happening
  • things happen because of mens actions
  • a series of interconnected deeds that lead to catastrophe
  • heros contribute to the diaster
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what does character is destiny mean (2)

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  • character + action = tragic end

- acts or not acting throughly express the doer

24
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even though there are supernatural element like ghosts and witches how are the characters still responsible for their own demise (3)

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  • they are never introduced as the origin of dramatic deeds
  • ghosts can’t take away the problem
  • people can start a course of action but, can’t control it or see how it ends
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where des the conflict lie

3

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  • an internal struggle
  • one most struggle and defeat himself before he can fight outside problems
  • soliqulys demonstrate his inward struggle
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traits of tragic heros (5)

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  • they are exceptional… rise above humanity
  • very-one sided: only good at one thing
  • they become completely encompassed
  • tend to identify with one interest, passion or hobby
  • hamlet can’t stop thinking but, also can’t turn thoughts into deeds
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what is justice

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hen the character did something wrong that they must pay for

28
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what is poetic justice

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assigning happiness and misery in proportion to merit

29
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explain the quote “the thoughts are ors their ends non of our own” (5)

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  • tragic world is a world of action
  • what they achieve is not what they intended
  • a power works through them
  • they can act freely but are bound by there actions
  • makes no difference as o what they meant to do
30
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how is the universe moral?

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  • god wants good to win and looks at the big picture
  • goodness is willing to mutate itself to get rid of evil
  • everyone who claudius “poisoned was cleaned
31
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how does the corrupting power of evil work (6)

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claudius is the cause of it all:

  • he poisons King Hamlet which then poisons hamlet and denmark
  • he also poisons R & G
  • after polonius death who he also poisons with his spying and secretive ways which gets him klled
  • polonius death turns ophelia crazy and kills her
  • laerties wants revenge so he goes after hamlet
  • gertrude is manipulated and physically poisoned by claudius
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dramatic irony

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the character has an expectation one thing is going to happen and that is reversed and fulfilled in a way the character did not expect. We as riders however did see it coming because of our knowledge of events

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examples of dramatic irony

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  • gertrude dying of poison

- polonius is behind the curtain because who else would be

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cosmic irony

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a type of irony that arises out of the difference between what a character aspires to and what so-called universal forces deal him or her; such irony implies that a god or fate controls and toys with human actions, feelings, lives, outcomes.

35
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what is a foil

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a character who is superficially similar to the protagonist or experiences similar situations, but serves as a contrast to the protagonist

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differences between Hamlet and fortinbras

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Hamlet:
- thinker not a doer, slow to act
- Hamlet hates his new father 
- doesn't respect family
- long winded
Fortinbras:
- quick to act, doesn't think, wants honour
- concise 
- respects family and loves his uncle
37
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similarities between hamlet and fortinbras

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  • both want to avenge their fathers
  • out for revenge
  • respect each other
38
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differences between Hamlet and Laertes

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Hamlet:
- thinker not a doer, slow to act
- long winded
- hesitant
Laertes:
- very active, pick, and action driven
- willing to d anything
- doesn't hesitate
39
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similarities between hamlet and laertes

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  • both want to avenge their fathers
  • out for revenge
  • angry women in their lives
40
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examples of ideas and decay

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  • when Hamlet talks about his mother and uncle in bed together
  • the whole kingdom is rotting from the inside out
  • a ghost is present something bad is happening
  • taking about ear poison and the king
41
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examples of death and mortality

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  • show characters depth
  • when the king dies and gertrude tells hamlet to move on
  • hamlet watches the grave diggers and wonders
42
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examples of appearance vs reality

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  • when hamlet acts like he’s madly in love
  • the king send hamlet to england out of the good of his own heart
  • the ghost may be a devil an not his father
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example of uncertainty

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  • when hamlet sees the ghost
  • hamlet in the queens room
  • is hamlet love sick or crazy

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