Literary Devices
Uses words that appeal to the five senses ("rank" = "disgusting and smelly" appeals to the sense of smell)
Imagery
Name of the main character
Hamlet
Name one theme in Hamlet
Corruption death suicide overthinking treachery decay power
What is the tone in the beginning of the play?
Fearful anxious
What is the name of the period Shakespeare wrote?
Renaissance
Figurative Language
Name of Hamlet's girlfriend who kills herself
Ophelia
Who sees the ghost first in the opening scene?
The guards by the royal castle
O, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! What does that mean?
Hamlet wants to die and body to melt, but he knows that God doesn't allow suicide so he's sad he can't kill himself like he wants
Where were Shakespeare's plays performed?
Globe Theater London
"Frailty -- thy name is woman" (Weakness -- your name is "woman!")
Personification
Setting of Hamlet; Name of the Kingdom
Denmark
Why does Hamlet want to die?
He's sad about his father's death and his mom marrying again only after two months with his uncle which he thinks is a betrayal
What does Hamlet compare his uncle and dad to in terms of leadership?
Hyperion to a satyr
What other plays did Shakespeare write?
Romeo and Juliet Macbeth The Tempest
This world and kingdom ...is an unweeded garden
Metaphor symbol
Hamlet's mom's name
Queen Gertrude
How did Hamlet's mother act toward his father, the king, when he was alive?
She was madly in love with him and devoted to him.
What symbol does Hamlet use in Soliloquy 1 to talk about the Moral and political corruption in Denmark
rank and gross unweeded garden
What was the political system during Shakespeare's time and in the plays?
Monarchy
"so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly" What device is this?
Hyperbole
Name of Hamlet's uncle The new king who married Hamlet's mom
King Claudius
What is it called when Hamlet speaks to himself on stage?
Soliloquy
Why does Shakespeare use Soliloquy? What does it show?
What was the belief system and order of importance during this time?
God, king, angels, religious people, knights, peasants, witches. King is appointed by God; everyone must stay in their class. Peasants were the 99%. To go against the king is to go against God.