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Hamlet William Shakespeare
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Hamlet pop culture references
The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Freaky Friday Veggietales’ Omelet Frasier Gilligan’s Island The Simpsons South Park Calvin and Hobbes
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Hamlet in Disney Bambi The Lion King Aladdin Tarzan 101 Dalmatians
Hercules Beauty and the Beast
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Theme and motif “In a literary work, a motif can be seen as an image, sound, action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes toward the development of theme. Motif and theme are linked in a literary work but there is a difference between them. In a literary piece, a motif is a recurrent image, idea or a symbol that develops or explains a theme while a theme is a central idea or message.”
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Themes in hamlet Moral Corruption Revenge Appearance vs. Reality
Mortality
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Motifs in hamlet Disease, rotting, decay Actors and the theater
Ears and hearing Madness/Insanity
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Hamlet fun facts Shakespeare’s most performed play
Shakespeare’s longest play Estimated that every minute, Hamlet is being performed somewhere in the world Three different versions Earliest performance took place on a ship (The Dragon) on the coast of Sierra Leone in 1607 Shakespeare himself starred as The Ghost David Tennant used a real skull in the 2009 production (it belonged to Andrew Tchaikowsky)
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characters Hamlet Claudius Prince of Denmark
Studies at the university in Wittenberg, Germany Father dies Intellectual Claudius [NEW} King of Denmark Hamlet’s father’s brother Usurped the throne Married Hamlet’s mother
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characters Gertrude The Ghost Polonius Horatio Queen of Denmark
Hamlet’s mother; Claudius’ wife, King Hamlet’s widow The Ghost Ghost of the late King Hamlet Polonius Chief counselor to Claudius Horatio Hamlet’s best friend commoner
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characters Laertes Ophelia Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Fortinbras
Polonius’ son; Ophelia’s brother Student in Paris Ophelia Polonius’ daughter; Laertes’ sister Hamlet’s lover Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Hamlet’s classmates turned spies Fortinbras King of Norway
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