Madness in hamlet Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

OCR English Literature Drama and Poetry pre 1900 notes Hamlet ALL notes (18 pages) used to achieve A* FULL MARKS in exam Includes : - summary of Hamlet - summaries of key soliloquies - AO2 language analysis terminology for part A - summaries of characters - summaries of key themes - notes on interpretations and critics to be used for part B Key themes covered include: logic, reason, hamartia, sexuality, delay, action, inaction, time, madness, surveillance, religion, revenge, honour...

An A* essay on the presentation of madness in Hamlet.

1. Ophelia Quotes and character de- scription English – Hamlet Quotes Ophelia Obeys her father and Laertes Her death symbolizes the being free of the manipulation that is forced upon her Represents femininity (innocence) What the Elizabethan audience expects of a women Foil character to Hamlet for madness, does as she is told, whereas Hamlet does not follow Also a Foil to Gertrude Quotes "I do not know, my lord, what should I think" " I shall obey my lord" "I did ...

Hamlet Act 3 Study Guide 2024. "Get thee to a nunnery" - ANSWER Hamlet 1) protect your virtue 2) or go to a brothel (Elizabethian) "It shall be so. Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." - ANSWER Claudius thinks he is talking about Hamlet but is talking about himself! Dramatic Irony. His actions are out of control. "The lady doth protest too much, me thinks." - ANSWER Queen thinks the person in the play is overreacting because she is feeling the guilt of the same situation....

Hamlet Act III Study Guide 2024. What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern report about Hamlet to the king and queen? - ANSWER Hamlet is distracted and won't say why, and he is pleased about the arrival of the actors. Why does Polonius tell Ophelia to pretend to be reading a book of devotions? - ANSWER So Hamlet won't suspect she is waiting for him, so that her father can observe them. What bitter advice does Hamlet give Ophelia? Why? - ANSWER Go to a nunnery; he is bitter about love having ...

Hamlet Act III Quotes Exam 2024. Claudius to Hamlet: great minds are dangerous when they go mad - ANSWER "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." Hamlet to Horatio: Hamlet cares about Horatio so much because he is not the kind of person that is controlled by emotions - ANSWER "Give me that man that is not passion's slave, and I will wear him in my heart's core, ay in my heart of heart, as I do thee." Claudius: he wants the play to stop, he is secretly feeling guilty for murder...

Hamlet Act 2 Study Guide 2024. Polonius is Reynaldo's social superior. - ANSWER Why is Reynaldo obligated to follow Polonius's instructions? spread rumors about Laertes - ANSWER What does Polonius advise Reynaldo to do? one can use deception to uncover the truth - ANSWER Polonius's instructions to Reynaldo demonstrate his belief that __________. Claudius and Gertrude want them to find out what is wrong with Hamlet. - ANSWER Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern summoned to Elsinore? ...

(Lady) Murasaki Shikibu (c. 978 -c. 1015): Novelist, diarist, and courtesan. She was the author of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari), the first known novel; the diary nikki; and a collection of tanka poems. The daughter of the court official Fujiwara Tametoki, she sat in on the classical Chinese literature lessons that her brother received, in spite of the Heian traditions against higher education for women. (Sei) Shonagan (c. 966 - c. 1013): Like Lady Murasaki, was a lady-in-waiting of th...

A complete analysis and summary of Shakespeare's Hamlet including annotations for every scene, soliloquy, character and theme. Each theme contains important quotations linked to the text as well as strategies to use these quotes in literary essays.

PLATO English 12 Semester 1 End of Semester Test Read this passage from Beowulf. then, saw the sage companions who waited with Hrothgar, watching the flood,that the tossing waters turbid grew,blood-stained the mere. Old men together,hoary-haired, of the hero spake;the warrior would not, they weened, again,proud of conquest, come to seek their mighty master. To many it seemed the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life.The ninth hour came. Which of these words best describes the effect this pas...