PPT-Formalist (Hamlet)

Deen McKinley David Wilkie Devon Colquitt Analysing the elements of form style imagery character plot tone etc within a text The literary work is approached as independent systems with interdependent parts. 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, . A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. Chapter 3: Formalism. Abandons historical and biographical information and focuses on the work as a separate entity. Formalistic critics examine the intrinsic factors of the work’s structure. FORMALIST. By:. Haley A.. Erica C.. Elizabeth G.. DEFINITION:. A way of analyzing literature in which no outside information about history, politics, or society, is used, and no prior knowledge about the author’s life or time period is referenced. Strictly the text, and literary elements used within it. . A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. Chapter 3: Formalism. Abandons historical and biographical information and focuses on the work as a separate entity. Formalistic critics examine the intrinsic factors of the work’s structure. 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…. 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 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 .