PPT-Hamlet Meets the gravediggers

Hamlet has met up with his one true friend Horatio They are on their way back to the castle It seems that while on their way to England pirates had attacked the ship Hamlet was on In the confusion Hamlet had gotten onto the pirate ship and managed to convince the pirates to bring him back home to . Megan Strong and Rebekah Chong . Introduction . Throughout the play Hamlet we see the use of soliloquies to allow us into the characters minds and feelings. In this particular soliloquy we see into Hamlet’s feelings towards his mother and the emotional suffering he is feeling from the entire situation. We are able to view how he truly feels and see some foreshadowing of what may occur. . so, . Where is Denmark?. http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/art-75817. Another “exotic” setting!. Kronborg. Castle. The Elizabethan World View. . Notes #1. . To . fully understand . Shakespeare’s work, . (1600). It. . is. set in . Denmark. There. . were. . earlier. . versions. . of. . Hamlet. , . as. a . revenge. story, in the Middle . Ages. . . There. . was. . also. a Renaissance play . Eric Kroetsch. Instructions. 2. Compose a Hamlet alphabet book complete with illustrations. Example “A is for the anger that Hamlet feels towards his mother and his uncle Claudius”.. A. A is for Avenge. Deen. McKinley. David . Wilkie. . Devon Colquitt. Analysing the elements of form (style, imagery, character, plot, tone, etc.) within a text. The literary work is approached as independent systems with inter-dependent parts.. Maha. , . Pranav. , . Kahil. Appearance . vs. Reality and Deception in Hamlet. Certain characters portray themselves to be sincere and truthful however, they are hidden behind masks of falseness that in the end reveal their lies or negative actions. by William Shakespeare. Written during the first part of the seventeenth century (probably in 1600 or 1601), . Hamlet. was probably first performed in July 1602.. . Set in . Denmark, during the late medieval period. . Paniz. , Matt, Josh, Erin. Ophelia . Quotation #1 – Act 1, Scene 3. Ophelia:. “I shall the effect of this good lesson keep. As . warchman. to my heart. But good my brother,. Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,. Brendan Salvadore. Mark Mattson. Period 4. Scene Summary. Main Interactions. King and Queen with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. King Claudius with Polonius. Hamlet’s Soliloquy . Hamlet with Ophelia. The Height of Suspense and Tension. Scene 1: King, R, G, Queen, Pol, Ophelia, Hamlet. The king and queen question R & G. , and Claudius is becoming impatient: he has started a new refrain in labelling Hamlet as "dangerous." The rest of the scene becomes a test of Hamlet's madness: is Hamlet insane? . vocab. http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/earlycrit.html. Swinburne . “The . single characteristic of Hamlet’s innermost nature is by no means irresolution or hesitation or any form of weakness, but rather the strong conflux of contending . 1. 1. What mood is established in this opening scene? How does Shakespeare establish this mood? . The . mood is dark, creepy, and sinister. Shakespeare establishes this mood by setting the opening scene of this tragic play just after midnight. There are three scared watchmen and a skeptical friend of Hamlet’s out on the watch, participating in a ghost-hunt. The audience should feel the tension right away and the cold weather reflects the mood. . The prince of Denmark, son of Gertrude, nephew of Claudius, . and heir . to the throne. . Hamlet . is a deep thinker, focusing on impossible to . answer questions . about religion, death, truth, reality, and the motivations of others.. Hamlet. Permeates . our . culture: . T. he Simpsons. episode, . The Lion . King, etc.. Origins . of the . play:. Source = . Ur-Hamlet-. lost play. Popular in London in the 1580s.. Based on 9. th. century Saga. Pre-Viking Prince named .