PPT-Hamlet: Day 3

Advanced A3 B1 and B4 Bell Ringer TWEET ME on your paper In 140 characters or less respond to the following question What would it feel like to return home after being away for the summer to discover that your father is dead and your mother had already remarried What would your reaction be. 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, . Gertrude’s Betrayal and Allegiance. . “Mad as the Sea”. “He weeps for what he has done”. Gertrude promises Hamlet she will not tell Claudius about Polonius and Hamlet’s feigning madness, however, she runs to him immediately…. 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. Ophelia doesn’t feature much in the play but her role is to show “. Hamlet's warped view of women as callous sexual predators, and the innocence and virtue of . women” – Shakespeare-online.com. 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.. 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.. 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.. The Great Chain of Being. Godhead (The Holy Trinity). Angels. Pope (Catholics). Kings/Queens. Princes/Princesses. Archbishops (Princes of the church). Dukes/Duchesses (lesser royals related by blood to Kings/Queens) . The guards see a ghost. Ghost. Guard. Look where it comes again!. In the same figure like the king that’s dead!!. Act I. The new king has married the old king’s wife. Hamlet . Gertrude. Claudius . 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. www.ShakespeareHelp.com. Hamlet. . – The Basics. Hamlet . is the first of Shakespeare’s four great tragedies, written in 1600.. The . plot of Hamlet is that of a “revenge tragedy,” a popular genre at this time.. 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 . Misunderstood by mother. Never speaks the real truth. Madness (. true). Misunderstood by father. Lost mind. Hamlet. Ophelia. Parallelisms . in Hamlet. Father killed, uncle became king.. Contemplative moralist..