Themes
Why is Hamlet's state of mind such a huge point of contention?
Forces the audience to justify appearances versus reality.
Who becomes the new king of Denmark at the end of the play?
Fortinbras
Literary period heavily influenced by Latin and Greek texts.
Renaissance
"To be or not to be"
Hamlet
What is humanism?
The study of humanities, i.e. literature, philosophy, and history.
What indecision is Hamlet overcome by?
To kill Claudius or himself.
His love for Ophelia.
The only literary period that begins and ends with the death of a queen. Influenced by the industrial revolution, rise of the middle class, and family idealization.
Victorian Era
Who called who a "fishmonger"?
Hamlet to Polonius
What type of sonnet has this pattern: ABAB BCBC CDCD EE
Shakespearan Sonnet
How are women portrayed in this text?
Passive and underdeveloped and/or sly and scheme-y
What is the purpose of the play that Hamlet has the players perform?
To find out if Claudius killed the old king.
This sub-genre of romanticism pushed back against the idealized views of romanticism and explored dark and supernatural themes.
Gothic
"Affection? Pooh! You speak like a green girl, Unsifted in such perilous circumstance. Do you believe his tenders, as you call them?"
Polonius
An Italian sonnet is also known as a ___________ sonnet.
Petrarchan
How does Shakespeare use the theme of revenge in this story?
Hamlet doesn't give into vengeance.
What happens to Ophelia after she learns about her father's death (but before her own)?
She goes insane.
Literary period characterized by multiculturalism, metafiction, and intertextuality.
Post-modernism
Claudius
What is the dominant philosophy of the Middle Ages, reflected in Hamlet?
The heavens and earth are connected.
How do Guildenstern and Rosencrantz exhibit the theme of corruption?
They turn on Hamlet.
Write a letter to the king of England and forges the king's signature.
List the following in order: post-modernism, renaissance, gothic, modernism, victorian, age of reason
renaissance, age of reason, gothic, victorian, modernism, post-modernism
"But good my brother, do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, whilst, like a puff'd and reckless libertine, himself the primrose path of dalliance treads and recks not his own rede."
Ophelia
What is metafiction?