PPT-"Hamlet" Act IV, i

Gertrudes 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 Hamlets feigning madness however she runs to him immediately. 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. 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 . 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. . What if the man your mother remarried was a lowlife and took over all of your father’s affairs and successes? How would you feel and what, if anything, would you do about it?. What if someone gave you reason to believe that your new stepfather murdered your father?. Ashley Chu. Benhaire. Estrada. Merchelle. . Alegado. November 1. st. 2012. AP Literature. Analysis. Ophelia is a dynamic character that begins as in innocent young girl. . to becoming an insane individual. She’s dependent on men to tell her how to behave. She is the daughter of Polonius, the sister of Laertes, as well as Hamlet’s love interest. Ophelia is caught between her obedience to her father and her “love” Hamlet which leads to her madness and death. She remains maidenly singing songs about flower and finally drowning in the river. . Jamie, Josie, Jane, Stephanie, Maurice. Act I. Ophelia. Assertive. Clever. Kind. “I shall the effect of this good lesson keep. . As watchman to my heat, but, good my brother,. Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,. 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. . 1. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern don’t have much helpful information to share with the royal couple, so King Claudius and Polonius move forward with their plan to spy on Hamlet and Ophelia. Right before Hamlet enters, Polonius says that people who are sinners often use “devotion’s visage and pious action” to “sugar o’er the devil himself.” What does Polonius mean? . 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 . 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.. 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. 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 .