Hamlet extras

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Decks in this class (23)

Critics
Ts elliot 1,
Aristotle 2,
Knight 3
22  cards
Context - the supernatural
When was the witchcraft act 1,
What was the pamphlet called that...,
Why did hamlet begin the play wit...
4  cards
Context - Queen Elizabeth and fears about succession
When was the play first performed 1,
How old was queen elizabeth when ...,
Hamlet was written during a time ...
8  cards
Context - Mary Queen Of Scotts
Who was it said gertrude was infl...,
Who was mary queen of scots 2,
What quotes could this context be...
3  cards
Elizabeth I and contemporary ideas of femininity
How did queen elizabeth conduct h...,
What is the style of a petrarchan...,
What did queen elizabeth say to t...
9  cards
Context - Hamnet and Hamlet
When did hamnet die 1,
At what age did hamnet die 2,
Where did shakespeare spend most ...
5  cards
Context - Elizabeth's spy network and ideas of surveillance
In what year was queen elizabeth ...,
Who excommunicated queen elizabet...,
How was queen elizabeth seen by c...
9  cards
Context- The Renaissance and Humanism
Why does hamlet use philosophical...,
What quote is used to describe hu...,
What was the humanist context con...
11  cards
Context - Great Chain of Being
What did elizabethans believe 1,
It was believed that god created a 2,
The social order made by god mean...
14  cards
Context - Machiavelli and The Prince
What could claudius scheming and ...,
What was his text 2,
What quote did niccolo machiavell...
7  cards
Act and scene summaries
Summarise 11 1,
Summarise 12 2,
Summarise 13 3
14  cards
Act 1 Scene 1
What is horatio s function in the...,
Fransisco says he is sick at hear...,
Why does fransisco say he is sick...
7  cards
Act 1 Scene 2 first part
Why does claudius begin by statin...,
Why does claudius repeatedly use ...,
Why does shakespeare use iambic p...
5  cards
Act 1 Scene 2 second part (wedding)
Why does shakespeare have hamlet ...,
What does a little more than kin ...,
How does shakespeare present the ...
3  cards
Act 1 Scene 2 part 3 (soliloquy)
How does shakespeare contrast the...,
What does the phrase hyperion to ...,
What is the effect of shakespeare...
4  cards
Act 1 Scene 3
How does shakespeare present laer...,
Laertes uses another metaphor to ...,
What is significant about how pol...
7  cards
Act 1 Scene 5
What happens in 15 1,
When the ghost first appears the ...,
How does shakespeare present haml...
7  cards
Act 2 Scene 2
What happens in this scene 1,
Polonius instructs reynaldo to pu...,
How does reynaldo respond to polo...
4  cards
Act 2 Scene 2 continued
What happens in this part of 22 1,
What are the connotations of haml...,
What is significant about hamlet ...
5  cards
Act 2 Scene 2 Hamlet's soliloquy
What happens in hamlet s soliloquy 1,
What does hamlet refer to himself...,
Blank 3
9  cards
Act 3 Scene 1
What happened in act 3 scene 1 1,
How is hamlet presented via shake...,
By using the metaphor sea of trou...
7  cards
Act 3 Scene 1 continued
What happens in this part of act ...,
What does hamlet suggest about th...,
Why does hamlet repeatedly instru...
7  cards
Act 3 Scene 3
What happens in 33 1,
Hamlet s father died with 2,
What is claudius referring to whe...
5  cards

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