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Title: Hamlet


1
Hamlet
  • Characters,
  • structure, and themes

2
HamletPlot/subplot structure
  • Main Plot court
  • Hamlets grief
  • Revenge of Old Hamlets death
  • Dealing with Fortinbras
  • Plots and machinations
  • Subplots Polonius family
  • Ophelia and Hamlets love
  • Laertes in France
  • Revenge of Polonius death
  • Ophelias madness

3
HamletPlot/subplot structure
  • Main Plot revenge
  • Revenge of Old Hamlets death
  • Revenge for Polonius death
  • Fortinbras revenge
  • Subplots
  • Hamlets grief, thoughts of death
  • Hamlets antic disposition
  • Hamlets relationship with Ophelia
  • Ophelias madness

4
HamletFoiling
  • Character foiling
  • Fortinbras, Hamlet, Laertes lost father, revenge
  • Hamlet, Ophelia madness
  • Old Hamlet, Polonius, Claudius give advice to
    child(ren)
  • Parallel scenes
  • Act 1, scenes 2, 3, 5 Parents give advice to
    children
  • Act 2 and Act 4 Hamlet and Ophelias madness

5
Hamletthemes
  • revenge
  • madness
  • grief
  • ideal king, politics
  • eavesdropping, spying
  • power of art, plays

6
Hamletissues to resolve
  • Ghost
  • Is it real or not?
  • If it is real, is it a good ghost or an evil
    ghost?
  • Is Hamlet really mad or feigning madness?
  • Does Hamlet procrastinate? If so, why?
  • Is Hamlet a scourge and/or minister?
  • How much should characters obey parents?
  • Whose view of revenge is right Hamlets or
    Laertes?

7
Hamlet -- Act I
Scene 1 Horatio to speak with Ghost
Scene 3 Polonius and Ophelia say goodbye to
Laertes
Scene 2 Claudius at Court Hamlets grief Horatio
tells Hamlet about Ghost
Scene 4 Hamlet waiting for Ghost Stamp of one
defect
Scene 5 Hamlet and Ghost antic disposition
8
Hamlet -- Act II
Scene 1 Polonius/Reynaldo Ophelias
report re/Hamlet
Scene 2 Claudius with Ros and Gild Poloniuss
report Hamlet and fishmonger Players/Pyrrhus Th
e plays the thing
9
Hamlet -- Act III
Scene 1 NUNNERY SCENE Hamlet and Ophelia
Scene 2 MOUSETRAP SCENE Hamlet and players Play
within a play
Scene 4 CLOSET SCENE Gertrude/Hamlet Death of
Polonius
Scene 3 PRAYER SCENE Claudius/Hamlet
10
Hamlet -- Act IV
Scene 1 Gertrude/Claudius
Scene 2 Ros and Gild seek Hamlet
Scene 3 Claudius sends Hamlet to England
Scene 4 Hamlet sees Fortinbras
Scene 7 Letter to Horatio from Hamlet
Scene 6 Gertrude Ophelias madness Laertes threat
Scene 8 Claudius and Laertes plans against
Hamlet Gertrudes report of Ophelias death
11
Hamlet -- Act V
Scene 2 FOIL SCENE Hamlet/Horatio Laertes
challenge Duel Death of Gertrude/Claudius Death
of Laertes/Hamlet Fortinbras
Scene 1 GRAVEYARD SCENE Gravediggers/Hamlet Burial
of Ophelia
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