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Tone
“Who’s there?”
As the first words of the play, this line established the tone of mystery and the theme of veiled appearances.

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  Ian .       What, has this thing appeared again tonight?(1.1.26) . Explanation- The ghost keeps coming back at weird, eerie times

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  Ian .       What, has this thing appeared again tonight?(1.1.26) . Explanation- The ghost keeps coming back at weird, eerie times

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Ian

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SUICIDE AND RELIGION                    “O, that this too too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew, Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!” (1.2.131) 

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SUICIDE AND RELIGION                    “O, that this too too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew, Or that the Everlasting had not fix’d His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God! God!” (1.2.131) 

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Hamlet's world seems so painful that it is unbearable to live in, but within a Christian framework, suicide would lead to damnation in Hell. This reaction alludes to the concept of suicide and religion, while illustrating the toll that Hamlet’s situation has had on his emotions.

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“Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (Shakespeare 58)

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“Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (Shakespeare 58)

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The dead King is previewing what truly happened in the story. Plays to the theme of vengeance/honor in the story.

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"A little more kin, and less then kind!"

not faithful with kings wife right after his death

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“A serpent stung me. So the whole ear of Denmark is by a forged process of my death rankly abused. But know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown” (60).

S: Shakespeare’s passage represents the symbolism of a serpent and betrayal. In the constant theme of garden and a serpent, just as Satin once infiltrated the Garden of Eden to portray the spread of poison and sin. For the fact in which the serpent wears his ground represent he ground breaking revelation and reveal of the King’s murder. This also confirms the Kings death is a murder.

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“The dram of evil doth all the noble substance of a doubt to his own scandal” (Act 1, Scene 4, Lines 39-41).

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“The dram of evil doth all the noble substance of a doubt to his own scandal” (Act 1, Scene 4, Lines 39-41).

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One bad flaw in a person will take away his good reputation and credibility.

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1.5.27 & 29“If thou didst ever love thy dear father love- … Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.”- Ghost

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1.5.27 & 29“If thou didst ever love thy dear father love- … Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.”- Ghost

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The Ghost poisons Hamlet's conscience and spirit by asking him to do this act that is against God.

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“Tis an unweeded garden That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature possess it merely.” (1.2.137-139)

The quote explains both Hamlets mood and the setting of Denmark. Since Claudius' rise to power, Denmark had since degraded along with Hamlets view of his home country.

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“Doom’d for a certain term to walk the night, and for the day confined to fast in fires…” (1.5.14-15). These lines tie the ideas of Dante’s Inferno, Machiavelli’s The Prince, and Shakespeare’s Hamlet together. All of these stories center around the death and likely damnation of man, and this quote exemplifies Shakespeare’s contribution to the perceived reality of the afterlife.

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Mackenzie Mayes
"How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world"

The significance of this quote gives the audience insight to Hamlet's innermost thoughts and his perspective of the world.

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"But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue."

Scene 2

Hamlet talking about his suicide, about how he could have done things differently.

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"Harbingers preceding still the fates and prologue to the omen coming on, have heaven and earth together demonstrated unto our climature and countrymen" (16). Shakespeare literally uses “omen,” signifying something big is about to happen. As readers, one understands the omen is for the ghost of King Hamlet, especially in light of Horatio’s comment about heaven and earth.

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Shows the incestuous relationship taking place in the upper levels of Denmark. Another way the poison has spread.

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“A serpent stung me. So the whole ear of Denmark”
Significance: shows how one bad action effects the whole state of Denmark.

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"Murder most foul, as in the best it is” (58)

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"Murder most foul, as in the best it is” (58)

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The ghost of the dead king tells Hamlet of his poisonous death, giving the audience the setting and showing the past.

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"But, in the gross and scope of my opinion, this bodes some strange eruption to our state" (1.1.79

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Q: "at this dead hour" (1.1.77)
S: Shakespeare sets up the  novel with frightful descriptors.

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FEAR                        “That if again this apparition come He may approve our eyes and speak to it”(1.1.35-36

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FEAR                        “That if again this apparition come He may approve our eyes and speak to it”(1.1.35-36

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TENSE                       “paces up and down at his post” (1.1.0)

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TENSE                       “paces up and down at his post” (1.1.0)