Hamlet Active Reading Notes: Act III‚ Scene I 1. Characters Character Traits Gertrude Queen of Denmark‚ Caring “Did you assay him?” (14) Shows emotion of the Queen towards Hamlet Claudius King of Denmark Demanding “And can you by no drift of conference / Get from him why he puts on this confusion‚ / Grating so harshly all his days of quiet / With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?” (14) Demands to know why Rosencrantz and Guildenstern can’t get the truth out of Hamlet Hamlet Son of the late King Hamlet
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Act IV- Resolution/Falling Action 1. Hamlet being gone for the last few scenes allows Claudius to plan out his final demise for Hamlet. Without Hamlet there Claudius begins to have a piece of mind until Laertes comes in accusing him of his father’s murder. This allows for the action to escalate but then calm back down when Claudius explains to Laertes what really happened allowing them to plot Hamlets’ death together. With Hamlet being absent‚ it allows for the drama of the situation to heighten
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ACT 4 Scene 1 After being Harassed by her son Claudius tells Gertrude to explain what happened and she tells Claudius of how Hamlet killed Polonius by mistake and thought it was Claudius instead of Polonius. After hearing the story King of Denmark Claudius realises that he could have easily been killed if it were him instead of Claudius. Then asks the Whereabouts of Polonius corpse and Gertrude knew not where Hamlet had taken it just that he dragged it away. So the king demands the Hamlets old
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Act III questions Read the exchange between Hamlet and Ophelia carefully. Why is he so bitter towards her? When Hamlet sees Ophelia coming‚ he calls her‚ “The fair Ophelia!” and speaks fondly of her. Though as soon as she starts speaking to him in a formal way because she knows she’s being watched and returns the gifts to Hamlet‚ he realises something is up and they’re being watched. He feels tricked and trapped and so he asks Ophelia what she seems to be‚ “Are you honest?... Are you fair?”. Hamlet
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Scene 1 The gravediggers scene shows a great deal about the character of hamlet. Hamlet questions their frivolous nature when the joke about the dead. As they unearth skulls‚ hamlet ponders who they might have been and if they though highly of themselves and were pompous during their lifetimes. When one of the skulls is identified as Yorick‚ Hamlet becomes very thoughtful and ponders about life and death. He says no matter how high a person might be in life‚ in death‚ all are equal. Death is the
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Hamlet Act three Hamlet‚ Act three reveals the true personalities of the characters. Hamlet is impulsive and vengeful‚ which we see when he kills Polonius and insults his mother for marrying her deceased husband’s brother. Hamlet is upset about Ophelia’s rejection of him and about his father’s murder. As a result‚ he takes his anger out on both his mother and Ophelia. He acts as though he never loved Ophelia and he calls women “two faced” and “untrustworthy”. Hamlet speaks honestly to his mother
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220 -James Regan Hamlet‚ Act 5 Reading Response In this act I feel everything came all at once‚ it just went really fast. The first scene was all about the gravediggers and their dispute of whether or not Ophelia’s burial deserved to be a Christian one since one of them believed she committed suicide. The gravedigger named "Gravedigger" as opposed to "Other" was very clever. He reminded me a bit of like Polonius‚ wise and perceptive. And when Hamlet came in to observe‚ Hamlet almost treated Gravedigger
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I believe Hamlet isn’t pretending and is actually going mad because •He acted very strange infront of Ophelia and it genuinely scared her‚ and because she loves him and knows him sos well she knows something is really wrong. "Lord Hamlet‚ with his doublet all unbraced;/ No hat upon his head‚ his stockings foul’d‚/ Ungarter’d‚ and down-gyved to his ankle;/Pale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other‚/And with a look so piteous in purport/As if he had been loosed out of hell/To speak of horrors
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet revolves around Hamlet’s inaction and subsequent action. Explore the causes and results of these two elements. Shakespeare’s Hamlet focuses on man’s action and subsequent inaction resulting from the situations and circumstances life presents. The characters and the plays events significantly impact the protagonist constantly pushing Hamlet towards vengeance. Hamlet’s oscillation between action and inaction are a direct result of the characters sense of obligation and convenience
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In The Tragedy of Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark Shakespeare uses personification‚ allusion‚ and a rhetorical question to advocate that the climatic moment of Act III is when King Claudius admits to the murder of King Hamlet because‚ by definition‚ it is the act that turns the action of the scene around‚ leading toward an inevitable conclusion. Shakespeare uses personification when King Claudius says that “[his] offense is rank‚ it smells to heaven” (line 36). Claudius’ guilt of killing his very own brother
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