The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark

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The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark

A. Background One of the four great tragedies Seneca and the Revenge Play 3. Renaissance Concepts The great chain of being King as great wheel and as microcosm

A. Background (continued) Some definitions: Tragic hero: Tragic flaw: Tragedy: Comedy:

B. Structure of the Play Five Acts – the 9th grade plot map 2. Three Plot Threads Ghost story all climax in Detective story Act III Revenge story

C. Setting Denmark / Elsinore-microcosm of world King = microcosm of Denmark (world) (I,v,42; I,v,74-75; III,iii,12-24) 3. Denmark as prison (II, ii, 260) -->corrupt World as garden of Eden (I,ii, 141-143; I,v,38)

D. Major Themes Justice vs. Revenge (Eddie Polec story) 2. Illusion vs reality Ghost or devil “seems” Actors (II,ii 555) King or murderer Prostitute / make up imagery (III,I,59; III, I, 152; V, i, 185-188)

D. Major Themes ( continued) The honest man in the corrupt society 4. Father – Son archetype Ghost-------- Hamlet Past -------- Present

D. Major Themes ( continued) Biblical Level—a new Paradise Lost and Regained (Hamlet as “savior’ figure—sent by heavenly [ghostly] father) 6. Death—the final contagion a. to be or not to be b. all fathers must die c. worm food imagery d. gravediggers’ scene and Yorick e. final scene and poisonings f. a play completely about death

Characters Hamlet—perhaps the most complex in English drama a. Renaissance man b. Madness? c. Tragic flaw d. Philosophical e. Noble heart

E. Characters Claudius: 3. Gertrude: 4. Polonius:

E. Characters Ophelia Laertes: 7. Fortinbras: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern:

F. Imagery and Symbolsim Garden imagery Disease, contagion, poison Harlots and make up Death imagery