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Transcript: Hamlet Cassi Davide, Elghazaly Amir, Valentino Valerio. Sources A play performed in Elizabethan theaters No printed version, possibly by Thomas Kyd Plot Plot King of Denmark has been murdered Hamlet's father, the king of Denmark, has been murdered and has been succeeded by his brother Claudius Claudius has also married Gertrude, the widowed queen Ghost apparition His father's ghost appears and tells him that he was murdered by Claudius Hamlet must avenge his father's murder A company of traveling actors appears at court and Hamlet invites them to perform a play Play-within-a-play A story of this play-with-in-a-play is similar to the story of the murder of the murder Accidental death Hamlet visits his mother, criticising her harshly for marrying Claudius, and accidentally kills Polonius, who is spying on him poisoned drink Gertrude drinks wine from a poisoned cup which Claudius has prepared for Hamlet and dies Unfair duel In the duel however, the two men exchange swords and Laertes, who has now understood the falsity of Claudiu's actions, is killed by his own poisoned sword Main Themes Women Double revenge story Two different approaches Only two Pondering approach Both of them die Hot on his heels indecision/doubts and uncertainties. ?important question? moments when thought is swept aside. action and hesitation action and hesitation Main Characters Main Characters Main character Hamlet prince of Denmark famous and important melancholic character Other characters other characters Claudius Gertrude Polonius Ophelia and Laertes Structure Structure Shakespeare's more mature plays Multi layered structure 2 levels Hamlet's revenge Play within a play Supernatural elements Traditional conventions Hesitation Ghosts Indecisiveness Revenge Murder scenes To be or not to be To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause—there's the respect. sonet "To be or not to be" That makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th'oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of dispriz'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th'unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscovere'd country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action Questions 1 Why is Hamlet mad with his mother? 2 Why does the king send Hamlet to England? Questions 3 How does Gertrude die? 4 How many levels of dramatic action appear in the play? 5 What is the biggest obstacle for Hamlet?
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