Hamlet by William Shakespeare Study Guide THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ENGLISH THEATRE PROGRAMMES FOR STUDENT AUDIENCES 2003-2004 SEASON Marti Maraden Artistic Director‚ English Theatre This Study Guide was researched and written by Deborah James for the National Arts Centre English Theatre‚ December 2003. This document may be used for educational purposes only. Main Stage Media Partner About This Guide Portions of this study guide are formatted in easy-to-copy single pages. They
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Hamlet is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Throughout Hamlet a lot of different things are going on and the main character Hamlet’s overall goal is to take revenge on his uncle‚ King Claudius. Hamlet finds out that his uncle killed his father and promises to avenge his father’s death. Hamlet becomes resentful of his mother for marrying his uncle only two months after his father’s death. Hamlet is the tragic hero in the play and is one of the most complicated characters. Hamlet
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He tells Hamlet to keep his mother from being overwhelmed. Gertrude thinks Hamlet has gone mad‚ and has no idea who he is talking to. Hamlet is the only one who sees the ghost. She tells him that it is his imagination that he is seeing things. That they mind can hallucinate‚ when you have gone mad. A#4 Question 4:
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be gone‚ he would not have to watch his uncle reign over the kingdom that should have originally been passed down do him. He would not feel the need to avenge his father’s death and would also never have to witness the actions between Claudius and Gertrude. Throughout the play‚ Hamlet is confused and procrastinating. He does not kill Claudius when gotten the chance. Instead‚ he puts on a show. Hamlet retorts to witty comebacks and puts on a barrier so that no one knows what he thinks and lets everyone
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madness was a facade or if over the course of the play it became genuine. Despite the play primarily following Hamlet’s quest for revenge‚ a great deal of his characterization comes from the opinions of other characters‚ such as Polonius‚ Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ (and so forth). This use of soliloquies leads the audience to question if Hamlet’s grief over the murder of his father is simply being misconstrued as madness due to the expectations the society is placing on him as a prince. Early in the play
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In Hamlet‚ a famous play written by Shakespeare‚ Hamlet faces many challenges. Right from the opening of the play‚ Hamlet is challenged with grief and loss and is given the task of revenge. This burdensome task consumes Hamlet‚ making his nominal success pointless and superfluous. However‚ what Hamlet’s task of revenge does accomplish is that revenge is a dark and dangerous deed which can consume someone as easily as liberate them. Hamlet is all about gaining revenge against his uncle/stepfather
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Unlike the former subordinancy demonstrated by the female sex‚ Ophelia’s insanity and untimely death in the final acts of the play may reveal something far more methodical. Upon Ophelia’s entrance in Act 4‚ she sings nonsense songs that are rarely interpreted as anything other than her madness. However‚ the young woman begins to hand out flowers to those around her. Fitting to the Elizabethan setting of the play‚ each flower represents something different‚ something important. Fennel is flattery
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In Hamlet‚ Polonius interacts in very different ways with the various characters. While talking with Reynaldo‚ he speaks in a sneaky‚ sly and clever manner. When talking with his daughter Ophelia‚ he seems very concerned. When talking with Hamlet‚ he seems confused‚ not knowing what Hamlet is talking about. When talking with the Players‚ however‚ he acts imperiously‚ exerting his authority over them. When talking with Reynaldo‚ Polonius speaks in a clever and sneaky manner. He tells Reynaldo exactly
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that Hamlet has a slow decent into the madness of revenge. Hamlet even considered suicide at a certain point in the play. This eventually caught up to him when he did get his revenge however not without a cost. With the deaths of Laertes‚ Claudius‚ Gertrude‚ and
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Hamlet and Merchant of Venice are two of most well-known plays of Shakespeare. Among the shinning characters of the plays‚ two most attractive women characters are most popular‚ Ophelia and Portia. For a long time‚ people consider the tragedy of Ophelia is because the “crulty” of Hamlet(Schlegel‚ 1973) and the happy ending of Portia is due to her intelligence. While no matter it’s the crulty of Hamlet or it’s the intelligence of Portia‚ the results of the two fair ladies come up with a premise:
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