the tragedy of hamlet prince of denmark. a. background 1.one of the four great tragedies 2.seneca...
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The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark
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A. Background
1. One of the four great tragedies
2. Seneca and the Revenge
Play
3. Renaissance Conceptsa. The great chain of being
b. King as great wheel and
as microcosm
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A. Background (continued)
4. Some definitions:a. Tragic hero:
b. Tragic flaw:
c. Tragedy:
d. Comedy:
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B. Structure of the Play
1. Five Acts – the 9th grade plot map
2. Three Plot Threadsa. Ghost story all climax in
b. Detective story Act III
c. Revenge story
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C. Setting
1. Denmark / Elsinore-microcosm of world
2. King = microcosm of Denmark (world)(I,v,42; I,v,74-75; III,iii,12-24)
3. Denmark as prison (II, ii, 260)-->corrupt
4. World as garden of Eden (I,ii, 141-143; I,v,38)
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D. Major Themes
1. Justice vs. Revenge(Eddie Polec story)
2. Illusion vs realitya. Ghost or devilb. “seems”c. Actors (II,ii 555)d. King or murderere. Prostitute / make up imagery (III,I,59; III, I,
152; V, i, 185-188)
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D. Major Themes ( continued)
3. The honest man in the corrupt society
4. Father – Son archetypeGhost-------- Hamlet
Past -------- Present
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D. Major Themes ( continued)
5. Biblical Level—a new Paradise Lost and Regained(Hamlet as “savior’ figure—sent by heavenly
[ghostly] father)6. Death—the final contagion
a. to be or not to beb. all fathers must diec. worm food imageryd. gravediggers’ scene
and Yoricke. final scene and poisoningsf. a play completely about death
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E. Characters
1. Hamlet—perhaps the most complex in English drama
a. Renaissance man
b. Madness?
c. Tragic flaw
d. Philosophical
e. Noble heart
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E. Characters
2. Claudius:
3. Gertrude:
4. Polonius:
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E. Characters
5. Ophelia
6. Laertes:
7. Fortinbras:
8. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern:
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F. Imagery and Symbolsim
1. Garden imagery
2. Disease, contagion, poison
3. Harlots and make up
4. Death imagery