Act IV- Resolution/Falling Action 1. Hamlet being gone for the last few scenes allows Claudius to plan out his final demise for Hamlet. Without Hamlet there Claudius begins to have a piece of mind until Laertes comes in accusing him of his father’s murder. This allows for the action to escalate but then calm back down when Claudius explains to Laertes what really happened allowing them to plot Hamlets’ death together. With Hamlet being absent‚ it allows for the drama of the situation to heighten
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ACT 4 Scene 1 After being Harassed by her son Claudius tells Gertrude to explain what happened and she tells Claudius of how Hamlet killed Polonius by mistake and thought it was Claudius instead of Polonius. After hearing the story King of Denmark Claudius realises that he could have easily been killed if it were him instead of Claudius. Then asks the Whereabouts of Polonius corpse and Gertrude knew not where Hamlet had taken it just that he dragged it away. So the king demands the Hamlets old
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Individual Analysis Hamlet; Act 4‚ Scene 7 Steven Roach Friday‚ November 16‚ 2012 A Freudian angle of (4.7 135 – 145) and (4.7 9 – 21) Throughout the scene Claudius depicts a personality that evaluates situations and makes choices out of desire without much concern for consequence. Although Claudius does show a little bit of concern for consequence‚ he generally acts from an “inner-child” psyche. In the scene‚ Claudius plots with Laertes and acts quickly out of a sense of DESIRE and makes a
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Scene 4: Good Cloak Scene 4 begins with light piano playing music in the background as a white van turns the corner of a seemingly quiet neighborhood. It turns out to be the van of the locksmith that has been working throughout the movie. He is seen returning a greeting wave from a woman who is walking alongside the side walk in a robe. The scene gives a sociological sense of a nice friendly and safe neighborhood and environment. Daniel‚ the locksmith‚ pulls up to his drive way while the Iranian
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Act 4: The Queen goes and tells Claudius that Hamlet is truly mad and that he killed Polonius. Claudius tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to go find Hamlet and asks where he hid the body. Because Rosencrantz and Guildenstern betrayed Hamlet‚ he refuses to tell them where Polonius’body is. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern take Hamlet to see Claudius. Hamlet even refuses to tell Claudius where the body is‚ and Claudius tells Hamlet that he will be sending him to England for safety. Claudius sends Rosencrantz
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Samantha Supsky Noren English IV AP 20 December 2012 Hamlet Explication In Act 1 Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ the audience is formally introduced to the thoughts and feelings of main character: Hamlet‚ through a soliloquy describing the current situation in Denmark. This includes the usage of mythical allusions‚ metaphors and tone to portray Hamlets feelings. The time between Hamlet’s fathers death and his mothers second marriage is demonstrated in the sentence‚ “But two months dead: nay
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Act one scene two started off with a speech by Claudius. Most of his speech was discussed in class where the speech was divided up by thought. I thought it was interesting how most of Claudius’s speech was separated to bring out pity and fear into the audience. Like his first thought was about his brother’s death (pity)‚ another thought was about his succession to the throne‚ and his last thought was about Fortinbras‚ the common enemy they all share and how they must be careful around their enemy
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Shakespeare’s Remarkable Scene (The Importance of 4:2) Some people who read Macbeth completely let the importance of the second scene in the fourth act go right over there head. There may be some that don’t realize why it should be recognized more. There are many different reasons to why it is so significant. It is very apparent that Shakespeare wrote it and definitely took the time to actually think about what he was doing and how he was doing it. It was made very clear that he had a lot of
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Act 3 scene 4 analysis This unhappy scene focuses on Desdemona; she has become an innocent victim of Iago and Othello. From the moment he enters‚ Othello takes on the role of a persecutor. His first words in line 30 “O Hardness to dissemble!” not only comments on what he thinks is Desdemona’s “false seeming” but also reveals how difficult it is to control his feelings when he is in Desdemona’s presence. He proceeds to describe Desdemona’s hand as “hot” and “moist” in line 32. This is an allusion
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Shoshana Ginsbury Act Four Scene One: Explore the significance of this extract in relation to the tragedy of the play as a whole This extract is from Act Four‚ Scene One of William Shakespeare’s tragic play‚ Othello. In terms of the five-act tragic structure‚ it is part of the fourth act- the ‘falling action’‚ during which the conflict of the play unravels‚ and the direction of the ending is made clear. In this extract‚ an arguable turning point is reached when Othello slaps Desdemona‚ and his hatred
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