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Smith’s Hyper Hamlet Annotated Hamlet with Hypertext Links to Related Lines‚ Plot Summary‚ Themes‚ Motifs & Symbolism & Word-Play‚ Character Analysis‚ Historical Context‚ and Essays Complete Text of Hamlet Annotated with Hypertext Links (This is useful for searching within the play without bumping into my notes‚ which are discreetly linked via hypertext.) Complete Text of Hamlet Annotated with Interleaved Notes and Links Hamlet Plot Summary Hamlet Themes Hamlet Motifs & Symbolism
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Popularized in renaissance drama‚ comedy was defined in Shakespearean times as stories that had happy endings for the protagonist. Comedy has expanded beyond that because there are so many types of comedy and happy endings is a quite a broad definition for comedies. Many people have darker senses of humor which do not always involve happiness. Satirical comedies also are not necessarily “happy”. Comedy is truly based on the way you were raised. Comedy is used to cope with negative situations. Therefore
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Comedies were performed in the Great Dionysia just like tragedies; also comedies were entered in contests in other festival‚ known as the Lesser Dionysia‚ and it was celebrated in the winter. Comedies combined poetry with coarse language. For example they featured buffoonery‚ slapstick‚ obscenity‚ and horseplay. The comedy actors dressed in weird costumes that had paddled bellies or rumps for outrageous effects. “The comic playwrights made their own plots and they focused on important matters
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The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Set in the Kingdom of Denmark‚ the play dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet‚ Claudius’s brother and Prince Hamlet’s father‚ and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude‚ the old king’s widow and Prince Hamlet’s mother. The play vividly portrays both true and feigned madness—from overwhelming grief to seething rage—and explores themes of treachery
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The Characteristics of Shakespeare’s Comedies Shakespeare wrote many different forms of literary works and one of them is comedy. At the end of his professional life he had written four famous comedies which were later called his "romances". Shakespeare’s comedies were not primarily love stories but they all included a love plot. His romances all had the happy ending of a comedy‚ but in a way they hinted on violence (Prentice Hall Literature). His focus and emphasis was clearly towards the
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Prince Hamlet struggles with the inexplicable death of his father‚ the betrayal by his uncle‚ and the inadvertent murder of a seemingly innocent man. Laertes likewise suffers through the accidental death of his father‚ the betrayal by a man close to the family‚ and the snide and sneaky murder of that same man. The difference between Hamlet and Laertes‚ however‚ clearly lies in how these men handle the difficult situations they face. Hamlet‚ the intelligent thinker‚ calmly overanalyzes each detail
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A.J. Ford Period 2 Mr. Miller 1/14/13 I adore comedy films. Comedy films really make me happy‚ because I am a person who attains great fulfillment out of simple laughter. After all who does not relish a good laugh? I have seen a range of comedies from stand-up comedy with Mike Epps‚ to Wedding crashers. I am absolutely a fiend for comical movies. However I do enjoy a plethora of movie types from comedy‚ romance‚ action‚ biography‚ historical‚ and horror. Diversity is integral when
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Dante’s “The Divine Comedy” is a trilogy of poems describing three realms of the afterlife. Each of the three books in “The Divine Comedy” symbolize an afterlife station‚ “Inferno” representing hell‚ “Purgatorio” representing purgatory and “Parasido” representing paradise. The story is told in the first person‚ and is originally written in Italian‚ the language of the masses. This was unusual as most literary works of the time were written in Latin‚ a language not easily read by the common person
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There are aspects of mockery in the shows‚ Jay mocks Mannys sense of style and identity in a light hearted‚ tongue in cheek‚ manner‚ which is in stark contrast to the more cruel and purposeful mockery in Blackadder. Blackadder mocks Prince George’s intelligence or lack of‚ he also takes advantage of the situation when the Prince is his lesser and subordinate. Modern Family reinforces the stereotypes of a ‘typical’ gay man because Cameron looks and sounds very flamboyant. Cameron is also seen as
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