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Hamlet quotes
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- 1Quote about putting on an antic dispositionp.64
- 2Quote about setting up a glass for gertrude?Top of page 106
- 3quote about incest in the martial bed?bottom of page 48
- 4What does Claudius say about revenge?"revenge shall know no bounds"
- 5"maimed rites""maimed rites"
- 6What is another name for "modernism" in plays?Versimilitude
- 7What is the name of traditional theatre?Traditional high drama
- 8When was Daemonologie published?1597
- 9What does dramaturgical mean ? What is its opposite?The skill of dramatic representation in plays. Realism or representation
- 10What is stichomithia?When little lines are repeated
- 11HWhat is the antagonist and who is it in Hamlet?Claudius, character against which Hamlet struggles
- 12What is an 'aside'?Words spoken to the audience by the actor e.g. "do you mark that" "who here calls me coward?"
- 13What is comic relief ? Where do we see it in the play?When a comic scene comes suddenly after a lot of tragic occurrences. The scene between polonius and Hamlet starts pg 73
- 14Who delivers the deonouement in the play and what is it?Fortinbras, at the very end. It is essentially a resolution of the plot
- 15Who is the foil in Hamlet?Laertes, as he directly contrasts to Hamlet
- 16Which part of the play about Hamlet being depressed shows inverted syntax?"I have of late, THOUGH WHEREFORE I KNOW NOT, lost all my mirth"
- 17When does Horatio describe a revenge tragedy?At the end of the play after Hamlet has died. p.151
- 18What was the name of Francis Bacon's text about revenge? When was it written?'Of Revenge' 1625
- 19What is a quote by Laertes about the body politic?p.52 end
- 20Why is it hard to apply any freudian or Romantic ideas to Hamlet?Because thats not how it would have been interpreted in a contemporary sense
- 21When is the quote about the world begining?p. 121
- 22Hot blood quoteNow could I drink hot blood
- 23Sharpening sword quoteIs but to whet thy almost blunted purpose
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- A level English Flashcards on Hamlet quotes, created by Kitty Ristuccia on 06/06/2018.
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