PPT-Historic Hamlet Criticisms

Voltaire 1748 Vulgar and barbarous drama Imagine it the work of a drunken savage Parts worthy of genius Samuel Johnson 1765 Hamlet is barbaric The barbarity expressed in the prayer scene is unworthy of any human being. 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, . 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. Feminist theory. By: Angie Ellison, Jenny Torres, Minerva Dominguez, and Paulo Fonseca. Feminist . theory: . is the extension of feminism into theoretical, or philosophical . discourse; . it aims to understand the nature of . T.S. ELIOT about HAMLET’S FIGURE. It is . the.  Mona Lisa of . literature. (. Hamlet. ). ambiguity. of Hamlet’s figure/Mona Lisa’s figure. According. to Bernard . Berenson. ,.  . T.S. Eliot criticised the subjective . 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. . 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? . Interesting stats. As of the year 2000, there had been 75 film versions made of . Hamlet. —the second most commonly adapted play in all of Shakespeare’s work.. Hamlet himself is the most dominant character in all of Shakespeare. His 1,506 lines of speech in the play account for 39% of the play’s lines.. 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 . Ali, Anne, Lillian, Austin, Paola, Kayleigh, Carlos. Setting. Act One:. Scene 1: Battlements of Elsinore. The ghost brings in the power of supernatural.. Scene 2: Introduces Claudius, Gertrude, and Hamlet.. Hamlet Act Five Two gravediggers discuss Ophelia’s suicide. Hamlet and Horatio engage in philosophical discussion. Ophelia’s funeral takes place. Laertes ’ display of grief for Ophelia enrages Hamlet and the two men fight by her graveside.