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Name the elements of a Shakespearean Tragedy – Revenge motive- Internal and external conflicts- comic relief- Tragic hero/flaw/mistake- Supernatural element- Chance Happenings Revenge motive – Hamlet seeks revenge on Claudius for killing his father and marrying his mother- Laertes seeks…

King Hamlet Father of Prince Hamlet;appears as ghost at castle ramparts and later in queen’s bedchamber demanding revenge for his murder Prince Hamlet Prince of Denmark, son of the late King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude;has returned from school in Wittenberg…

What is Ophelia’s role in Hamlet’s madness? Ophelia is caught between her love for Hamlet and her obedience to her father.When she obeys her father over Hamlet, it proves to him that women are weak who***, deceitful and untrustworthy, only…

Complete title of the play “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark” Where is Hamlet from? Denmark Where are the Fortinbras’ from? Norway Polonius adviser to King Claudius Who are Hamlet’s parents? King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude Who does Queen Gertrude remarry to…

Oblivion Definition:The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happeningPart of Speech: NSyn/Ant:insensibility, awarenessEtymology:late 14c., “state or fact of forgetting,” from Old French oblivion (13c.) and directly from Latinoblivionem (nominative oblivio) “forgetfulness; a being forgotten,” from oblivisci (past…

Laertes My necessaries are embarked. Farewell.And, sister, as the winds give benefitAnd convey is assistant, do not sleep,But let me hear from you. Ophelia Do you doubt that? Laertes For Hamlet and the trifling of his favor,Hold it a fashion…

Courtier of the Danish Court, ex friend of Hamlet Rosencrantz Courtier at the Danish court (Corny) Cornelius Prince of Denmark, and son of the late King Hamlet Hamlet Mythical character hamlet compares his father to (sun god) Hyperion Courtier at…

“To die, to sleep – to sleep perchance to dream” Hamlet speaks ittheme of deathAct 3 Scene 1 (soliloquy)considering what happens after death, the reason we fear death is because we might be leaving a place where we are unhappy…

Noble Birth Royalty; born as a prince Tragic Flaw Hesitation and inability to act. He shows this by not being able to avenge his father’s death. Mistakes His return to Denmark Catastrophe Death of ophelia, Catharsis When Hamlet finally kills…

“bodes some strange eruption to our state” horatio “if there be any good thing to be done that may to thee do ease and grace to me, speak to me. if thou art privy to thy country’s fate, which happily…