Hamlet Outline
Analysis Outline
Scene 2
Setting: Room in the castle.
Claudius makes speech to marry Queen.
Claudius’s speech compares the death of his brother to happier ideas or thoughts. “Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death
The memory be green,” (Scene I, Act II). This compares his brother’s death to green grass which represents an idea such as regrowth because grass always regrows. Another comparison is “With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in marriage,” (Scene I, Act II). He is putting the thought of laughter in the funeral, while the marriage has the funeral song. Claudius’s speech balances out the bad event of his brother’s death with the marriage of marrying his sister in law so soon. This gives an uneasy feeling towards Claudius from the very start of the play.
Sends Cornelius and Voltimand to Norway to try and stop the prince from attacking.
This event of Claudius, somewhat shows the weakness in the King. Claudius uses the death of his brother to state they are still in a mess from his death right after claiming a speech that suggest he is not mourning no longer, “Or thinking by our late dear brother's death, Our state to be disjoint and out of frame,” (Scene I Act II 20). He hopes that the letter sent to Fortinbras sick uncle, will encourage the uncle to stop the prince before any attacks are done.
Kings gives Laertes the will to return to France.
Claudius acts as Hamlet’s father. Hamlet agrees not to go to Wittenberg for school.
Here Hamlet is the only one showing his mourning for his father and is not afraid to say he is grieving, “These but the trappings and the suits of woe” (Scene I Act II 89). This shows Hamlet isn’t all for pretending that everything within the castle is jolly and everyone is happy. Hamlet clearly isn’t in favor trying to keep the castle family running smoothly as soon as possible. Hamlet also sees the irony in Clasudius plea to let go of his father’s death,
“This unusual grief, and think of us
As of a father. Because,
Scene 2
Setting: Room in the castle.
Claudius makes speech to marry Queen.
Claudius’s speech compares the death of his brother to happier ideas or thoughts. “Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death
The memory be green,” (Scene I, Act II). This compares his brother’s death to green grass which represents an idea such as regrowth because grass always regrows. Another comparison is “With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in marriage,” (Scene I, Act II). He is putting the thought of laughter in the funeral, while the marriage has the funeral song. Claudius’s speech balances out the bad event of his brother’s death with the marriage of marrying his sister in law so soon. This gives an uneasy feeling towards Claudius from the very start of the play.
Sends Cornelius and Voltimand to Norway to try and stop the prince from attacking.
This event of Claudius, somewhat shows the weakness in the King. Claudius uses the death of his brother to state they are still in a mess from his death right after claiming a speech that suggest he is not mourning no longer, “Or thinking by our late dear brother's death, Our state to be disjoint and out of frame,” (Scene I Act II 20). He hopes that the letter sent to Fortinbras sick uncle, will encourage the uncle to stop the prince before any attacks are done.
Kings gives Laertes the will to return to France.
Claudius acts as Hamlet’s father. Hamlet agrees not to go to Wittenberg for school.
Here Hamlet is the only one showing his mourning for his father and is not afraid to say he is grieving, “These but the trappings and the suits of woe” (Scene I Act II 89). This shows Hamlet isn’t all for pretending that everything within the castle is jolly and everyone is happy. Hamlet clearly isn’t in favor trying to keep the castle family running smoothly as soon as possible. Hamlet also sees the irony in Clasudius plea to let go of his father’s death,
“This unusual grief, and think of us
As of a father. Because,