PPT-Hamlet Act Five Act five Scene I: Key Points

Two gravediggers banter while they work The Graveyard scene as its known is rich in black humour Their mock legal argument provides entertaining comic moments and some light relief Hamlet and Horatio arrive and Hamlet meditates on death decay and the transitory nature of life Hamlet concludes that death is the great leveller regardless of social class it cannot be avoided. Allusion. Anachronism. Aside. Dramatic Foil. Dramatic Irony. Monologue. Soliloquy. Tragic Flaw. Monologue. – . One person making a long speech to at least one other person. {Act I, Scene 2, L.1} . nolan. Literary Terms. Imagery . Imagery is an author’s use of vivid and . descriptive language to add depth to their . work.. Example: . A host, of golden daffodils. ; Beside . the lake, beneath the trees. By Eric Getz. Figurative Language. Imagery. Vivid . and descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste). . In . Hamlet. Ophelia’s description of . Brown and Bev. Representing Ophelia-. Elaine showalter. Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet. Shakespeare offers very little information from which to imagine a past for Ophelia. Cultural links between femininity, female sexuality, insanity, and representation. Ana, . Myrtil. , Lorenzo. Hamlet . -Both dads are dead. . -Late King . Fortinbras. killed by King Hamlet. . -Late King Hamlet murdered by Claudius. -Both want revenge; Avenge their fathers. . -“Now, Sir, Young . By Scott Walraven. Class 4A. Imagery. Imagery- Figurative description or illustration; the formation of mental images, figures, or likeness of things, or of such images collectively. Hamlet example: “My lord, as I was sewing in my closet…As if he had been loosed out of hell to speak of . Act I, Scene ii.  . Setting. “The castle”. Many ways to play this scene. Branagh. plays it as a very formal, very public ceremony of sorts in front of the whole court. Others see it as a council chamber, with only the high ups of the court present. Literary Terms. Imagery. Visually descriptive or figurative language. “paints a picture” of the scene in your head. . Hamlet:. O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,. Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!. Setting. Act 1. There was political turmoil between Hamlet and King Claudius and between Denmark and Norway. . Act 2. Mistrust builds between Hamlet and Claudius as the King uses close friends to try and figure out whether Hamlet is insane. . Figurative Language. Imagery. Vivid . and descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste). . In . Hamlet. Ophelia’s description of . Hamlet in . 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.. 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.. When asked what Speech he would like to hear Hamlet responds by saying “ One speech in’t chiefly loved ‘t’was Aenas’ tale to Dido- and thereabout of it especially when he speaks of Priam’s slaughter.”(II.ii.433-435). Plays - . Hamlet . William Shakespeare. General Information. Hamlet . is the first of Shakespeare’s four great tragedies, written . around 1600. . The . plot of Hamlet is that of a “revenge tragedy,” a popular genre at this time..