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ACT 3 SCENE 4
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- 1Lines 11-12 (Hamlets anger towards Gertrude)Queen - "Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended."
Hamlet - "Mother, you have my father much offended."
*The use of nearly the same sentence demonstrates to the audience the mocking, disgusted tone that Hamlet uses when correcting his mother to who his father actually is.
*Shows the lack of respect that Hamlet had towards his mother at that point in the play - sees females as less powerful and important than men (Misogynist).
*Portrays how Gertrude is moving on but Hamlet is still mourning or stuck in the past. - 2Lines 93-94 (Sexual imagery)Hamlet - "Nay, but to live in the rank of sweat of an enseamèd bed, stewed in corruption."
*Demonstrates to the audience the disgust that Hamlet feels towards his mother and uncle's relationship - by using the word corruption and graphic imagery (sin or against the law).
*By insinuating that Gertrude and Claudius are now living 'in the rank of sweat on an enseamèd bed', he shows that he has no respect for them (Social hierarchy). - 3Line 137 (Hamlet actually becoming mad - Ghost)Gertrude - "This is the very coinage of your brain."
*Due to the fact that Gertrude can not see the ghost, Shakespeare is presenting Hamlet as a madman, no longer merely acting the part.
*She does not see the Ghost because of her own guilt, so Gertrude's black heart impedes her vision, refusing her the sight of her loving husband - only the pure hearted or innocent can see the ghost.
*Might be another misogynistic feature in the play - women are too weak to cope with seeing a ghost (only appears to male characters). - 4Line 179 (Hamlet's riddled language)Hamlet - "I must be cruel only to be kind"
* This juxtaposition demonstrates Hamlets madness, as he may not realise that his sentences do not make sense.
*Could be foreshadowing the fact that he has to kill Claudius in order to avenge his dead father.
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- A level English (Hamlet) Flashcards on ACT 3 SCENE 4, created by Hannah Vivancos on 03/04/2018.
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- Hannah Vivancos · Apr 2018
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