Act 2 scene 2
What is the meaning?
The soliloquy is the representation of the struggle of Hamlet. It is used to make the reader visualize his pain and his sorrow.
what is the menaing of the following: "To be or not to be"?
Is it better to live or to die.
What does this passage mean?
"My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites."
What he says will not match with what he does.
What is the meaning of Act 4 scene 4?
Hamlet is saying that he will revenge the murder because otherwise he wouldn't lead the people to do good.
What is the meaning?
The meaning of this soliloquy is that Hamlet just talked to the Ghost of his father and he was told by him that he was murdered by his uncle.
Me, I, myself
What is the most important word of the diction bulls-eyes?
Life or death
What is the most important word in the diction bulls eye?
Cruel
list the internal themes
- revenge
- purpose
- murder
Most important word in the Diction Bulls eyes?
What is the characterization?
Hamlets is depressed and confused.
What are the themes in this act?
Death
Depression
Afterlife
What is the Internal theme?
The hatred hamlet has toward his mother is internal.
List the external themes
- Murder
What is one of the themes ?
Loyalty
What are the themes?
Themes:
Suffering
Conflict
Revenge
Good and evil
What is Hamlet's characterization of speech ?
Confused
Depressed
Doubtful
The external the is " Outside of the play this hatred looks just as unnatural as inside, although it is understood where it comes from." True or false?
True
What is one of the Shakespearean feature?
Shakespearean English
The character is given a purpose
The absence of meaning of things that are already done.
What’s wrong about procrastinating and hesitating.
Thoughts of murder or ends in death.
There is usually a central figure who is noble but with a character flaw which leads them towards their eventual downfall.
What is the action of the character?
Actions: He does not act on anything just yet, but it seems that he will in the near future.
What are the thoughts?
Thoughts:
He believes that he must revenge his father’s death because otherwise he would be a bad son. In addition to that he doesn’t see his good qualities and he exaggerates his bad qualities.
The Iambic Pentameter is part of the Shakespearean features in the act ?
yes
Important Shakespearean features are tragic flaw, fate and isolation. Is it true?
True
Describe the characterization?
Speech: Hamlet is regretful of what he has not done.
Thoughts: He thinks about murder.
Effect: Future death (External)
Actions: Murder.
Look: No narrator description, but we know Hamlet is desperate.
What is one of the Shakespearean features?
Blank verse