PPT-Shakespeare’s Brain and Hamlet’s Books

HAM LET Ill have these players Play something like the murder of my father before mine uncle Ill observe his looks Ill tent him to the quick If a do blench I know my course. Hamlet – . The Play. William Shakespeare’s . Hamlet . is . a play, . written around 1600, . that has been performed thousands of times around the world since its first production.. The play, like any play (Shakespeare or otherwise), exists only as words on a page until those words are brought to life onstage, which is obviously the playwright’s purpose.. 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. Learning Objective: students will understand the development of the play including plot, development, and themes.. Act 1, Scene 1: Brief summary. During the changing of the guard in the middle of the night; the soldiers are discussing the appearance of a ghost that looks like the dead King Hamlet dressed in battle gear. . 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 . 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? . Spring 2018. The Tragedy of Hamlet: Introduction. There’s something rotten in the state of Denmark . . .. The Tragedy of Hamlet: Background. The Tragedy of Hamlet. was first performed at the Globe Theatre in England. 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. . 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 and the Elizabethan Era Shakespeare William Shakespeare (1564-1616) lived during the Elizabethan age, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in England. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, a town in the heart of England. The First Folio's table of contents, listing 35 of its 36 plays. 'The Shakespeare Canon'. 'The Shakespeare Canon'. Nine minutes of talk (without pictures) on why it's not as simple as that .... WHAT THE OXFORD COMPLETE WORKS CLAIMED IN 1986-87. „The . ultimate. . source. of . the. . Hamlet . story is . Saxo. . Grammaticus. ’ . Historica. Danica . (1180-1208), . the. . saga. of . one. . Amlothi. . or. (. as. . Saxo. . calls. . 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 .