Mathis/ World Lit I‚ Fall 2011 Hamlet Discussion and Quiz Review In groups of 3 or 4 students: Find 4 specific details or quotations to support your answer to each question. There is not one correct answer; give your opinions and back them up. Everyone in a group doesn’t have to agree‚ but everyone should be able to back up his or her opinion. * How does Shakespeare create a mood of suspense‚ and sometimes horror‚ in the play? What different types of suspense (tension‚ anticipation) are
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Hamlet is without any reservations‚ one of Shakespeare’s most mystifying plays. Although the play has a concise story‚ it is filled with many uncertainties relating to different issues behind the plot. The reader is left with many uncertainties about the true feelings of prince Hamlet. One question in particular is‚ did Hamlet really love Ophelia? This dispute can be reinforced either way‚ however I believe Hamlet was truly in love with Ophelia. Support for my decision comes from Hamlet’s treatment
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(Shakespeare 78 -79) Based on the characters Beatrice and Benedick the conflict between the two is that they have trouble expressing their love for each other‚ throughout the book the foil insult each other until they realize they love one another. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare‚ Benedick serves as the foil character of Beatrice by which Beatrice’s reasonable taste are illuminated through Benedick’s bearing thoughts; thus‚ compound the twist and conflict to the plot. Beatrice and
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Antigone Foil – characters who have contrasting or opposite qualities. In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ Ismene is shown to be in great contrast to Antigone‚ who is her sister. She is portrayed as a gentle and passive while Antigone is depicted as an aggressive and headstrong woman. In the prologue‚ Antigone and Ismene are shown discussing what has transpired since their leave and subsequent return to Thebes. In this scene Antigone asks her sister in line 6-7 “have they told you of the new decree
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In many famous literary works‚ writers use counterparts to highlight key traits of characters‚ as well as themes and other literary techniques. Most main characters have foils to show their importance. The more alike two characters are‚ the more their different traits stick out. Whether it is a couple of lovers or villain against protagonist‚ counterparts are important in all literature. In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ two star-crossed lovers are similar in their emotional dramatics
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A minor character‚ often known as a foil‚ possesses traits that emphasize‚ by contrast or comparison‚ the distinctive characteristics and qualities of the main character. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the novel portrays a society that is remarkably unfair: in the 1930’s in the Southern United States in a small town where racism is part of the very fabric of society. Bob Ewell demonstrates the theme racial prejudice through his racial slurs‚ while the main character Atticus Finch
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Hamlet is a play that represents violence through its many scenes. The violence is shown throughout multiple characters including Hamlet‚ Claudius‚ Laertes‚ and Fortinbras. Also‚ the plot includes multiple situations of violence such as the killing of late King Hamlet‚ Gertrude‚ Laertes‚ and Hamlet. The killing of these main characters derives from acts of revenge and selfishness‚ as they all represent inhumane qualities. Though other events in this play exhibit violence‚ such as the killing of late
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In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Laertes and Hamlet both lose a father by unnatural and sudden death. The unnatural death of the father is brought on by someone close to the son. When Laertes discovers that his father is dead‚ he is outraged. When Hamlet learns from the ghost of his father’s murder‚ he weeps‚ and promises action‚ though he delivers none. Both Laertes and Hamlet grieve deeply for their fathers‚ but Laertes acts upon this grief while Hamlet carefully plots his revenge and waits for the
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Psychoanalytical criticism‚ the field of literary criticism most notably developed by Sigmund Freud’s psychological theories‚ reached its peak in the 1940’s and 1950’s. His widespread recognition stemmed from Freudian concepts such as the Oedipal complex‚ which came from his book An Interpretation of Dreams written in 1899. This theory developed by Freud says that at a very young age a child can generate an intense feeling of love for the parent of opposite sex‚ and an almost extreme dislike for
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going to destroy Voldemort (739). Voldemort goes on to say that “Dumbledore’s favorite solution‚ love‚ which he claimed conquered death though love did not stop him falling from the tower and breaking like an old waxwork” on which Rowling uses as the foil to show how blind Voldemort is (739). The
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