Hamlet

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Hamlet

• Characters,
• structure, and themes

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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

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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

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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

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Hamletthemes

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

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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?

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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