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Setting Hamlet
- ACT 1 SCENE 1
- 'Guards'Shows conflict-
suggests protection is
needed- Darkness adds
to mystery and
suspense-foreshadows
toruble
- Very descriptive
imagery when
describing things- no
props- also why
language shapes a lot
of the scenery-
questions- confusion.
- Very descriptive
imagery when
describing things- no
props- also why
language shapes a lot
of the scenery-
questions- confusion.
- 'And I am sick at
heart'Incomplete iambic
lines- suggests jumpy
uncertain atmosphere
- Banardo?Lots
of Questions-
anticipation of
what is coming
next-
- 'Guards'Shows conflict-
suggests protection is
needed- Darkness adds
to mystery and
suspense-foreshadows
toruble
- ACT 1 SCENE 2
- Large contrast between this setting
and the first scene. After the darkness
and the apprehension of the first
scene- this one of light and full of
colour as the whole Danish court are
assembled in a mood of celebration.
- Juxtaposition- mimics
hamlets sadness and
Claudius' happiness- it also
make hamlet stand out
more and so appear more
isolated.
- Develops theme of
Appearance vs reality-
all just for show
- Large contrast between this setting
and the first scene. After the darkness
and the apprehension of the first
scene- this one of light and full of
colour as the whole Danish court are
assembled in a mood of celebration.
- Act 2 Scene 2
- Lots of deception
happens in this scene one
after the other- showing
claustrophobia and that
the situation in Denmark
is getting worse.
- 'endeavour keeps in
the wonted place'
- Actors touring is
symptomatic of a
country in decline-
linking to ideas
whole of Denmark
is suffering.
- Actors touring is
symptomatic of a
country in decline-
linking to ideas
whole of Denmark
is suffering.
- Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern are used as
spies-DECEPTION- Also very
interchangeable-
highlighting the duplicity of
Claudius' court
- R + G also have no
hesitation in being used
against their friend-'we both
obey'- no trust or loyalty.
- Lots of deception
happens in this scene one
after the other- showing
claustrophobia and that
the situation in Denmark
is getting worse.
- ACT 3 SCENE 4
- This is the first time Hamlet and
Gertrude have been alone
together- so there is a lot of
tension- shown by the language.
- Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended/
Mother, you have my father much offended'
Parallelling of the two sentences show their
sparring and their two very different agendas.
He mocks the rhythm of her
words-STICHOMYTHIA- head to head-line to
line. Shows how different the two are
- Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended/
Mother, you have my father much offended'
Parallelling of the two sentences show their
sparring and their two very different agendas.
He mocks the rhythm of her
words-STICHOMYTHIA- head to head-line to
line. Shows how different the two are
- This is the first time Hamlet and
Gertrude have been alone
together- so there is a lot of
tension- shown by the language.
- ACT 3 SCENE 3
- By putting the soliliquies
side by side- Shakespeare
is encouraging us to
contrast and compare the
chracters- heightening the
view of each one.
- Both use many rhetorical questions,
and also has a ordered and rational
tone- showing how intelectually
similar but also morally different
Hamlet and Claudius are.
- By putting the soliliquies
side by side- Shakespeare
is encouraging us to
contrast and compare the
chracters- heightening the
view of each one.
- ACT 4 SCENE 1-3
- Scenes are very short-
skaespeare is building the sense
of pace in the play- and creating
a sense of inevitability for the
characters as things become less
and less out of their control-
they must all face the
consequences of their actions.
- Length of the scenes adds
to sense of fragmenting-
everything becomes more
and more isolated.
- Shakepseare begins to place a clear
distinction between the vicious and the
virtuous characters - , therefore in Act 5
there is not doubt as to where our
sympathy's lie- Hamlet = popular hero
and claudius = undoubtful antagonist.
- Scenes are very short-
skaespeare is building the sense
of pace in the play- and creating
a sense of inevitability for the
characters as things become less
and less out of their control-
they must all face the
consequences of their actions.
- ACT 4 SCENE 4 &
5
- Fortinbras' arrival reminds us his role
and adds to tnesion in scene-
element of possible war- pace of play
quickens- encourages audience to
comapre the two princes.
- Hamlet thinks too much- no
action Vs- Fortinbras acts too
much- no thinking- and
fighting for'a little patch of
ground' We are presented with
two extremes . hamlet finds it
as yet another way to
convince himself to take
revenge- his arrivald evelops
his characterisation as well as
prearing us for his taking of
the kingdom.
- Scene 5 opens in media res- audience
listening more attentively- idea pace
of play is picking up so lots of things
happening at the same time.
- Fortinbras' arrival reminds us his role
and adds to tnesion in scene-
element of possible war- pace of play
quickens- encourages audience to
comapre the two princes.
- ACT 4 SCENE 7
- Hamlet offstage
aloows
shakespeare to
develop the
personalities of
the antagonists.
- C = L decide on 3 separate ways
to ensure Hamlet's death-
shows the increasing scheming
and plotting coming to a
maximum in claudius' court.
- Hamlet offstage
aloows
shakespeare to
develop the
personalities of
the antagonists.
- ACT 5 SCENE 1
- Again in Media res –keeps us
focusing -Very witty and
humorous-helps to lighten the
mood- provides some light and
dark -The whole dispute over the
circumstances of her death
emphasises the anti Christian
nature of this- everything is going
against religion. Momento mori-
remember you will die.
- Again in Media res –keeps us
focusing -Very witty and
humorous-helps to lighten the
mood- provides some light and
dark -The whole dispute over the
circumstances of her death
emphasises the anti Christian
nature of this- everything is going
against religion. Momento mori-
remember you will die.
- ACT 5 SCENE 2
- Trumpets, drums,....foils
and daggers.. Enter King,
Queen.. all the state’
- Such a dramatic setting and the presence
of so many important people whows this to
be a significant part in the play- one that
not only requires the audiences attention
but that will have a heavy significance on
the storylines. Also mimics Act 1 Scene 2-
as if everything has gone round in a circle
and we are back to where we started-
emphasising the change that the
characters have gone through- and how
much has changed.
- Such a dramatic setting and the presence
of so many important people whows this to
be a significant part in the play- one that
not only requires the audiences attention
but that will have a heavy significance on
the storylines. Also mimics Act 1 Scene 2-
as if everything has gone round in a circle
and we are back to where we started-
emphasising the change that the
characters have gone through- and how
much has changed.
- Trumpets, drums,....foils
and daggers.. Enter King,
Queen.. all the state’
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