PPT-Hamlet Act III: Scene I Cara McQuaid

Brendan Salvadore Mark Mattson Period 4 Scene Summary Main Interactions King and Queen with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern King Claudius with Polonius Hamlets Soliloquy Hamlet with Ophelia. 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. 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 . The Analytical Breakdown of . Hamlet. , Act 1 . Act 1 – Exposition . Act 2 – Complications (Rising Action) . Act 3 – Climax . Act 4 – Reversals (Falling Action) . Act 5 – Catastrophe / Denouement (& Recognition). 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?. 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!. 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.. 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? . Hamlet feels a responsibility to avenge his father’s murder by his uncle Claudius, but Claudius is now the king and thus well protected. . Moreover. , Hamlet struggles with his doubts about whether he can trust the ghost and whether killing Claudius is the appropriate thing to do.. 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.. 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). Act I  .    . Scene . 1 - . 0:01:35.      . Scene . 2 - . 0:12:45.     . Scene . 3 - . 0:27:35.      . Scene . 4 - . 0:35:00.      . Scene . 5 - . 0:39:50. . Act . II .      . Scene . Act I, Scene I Act I, Scene II Act I, Scene III Act I, Scene IV Act I, Scene V I will be assessing you on the following words. Work with your group to decide five more words I should Include. Accord 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 .