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The blank verse is used in unrhymed poetry based on the iambic pentameter

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late Middle Ages

royal castle in Elsinore, Denmark

Denmark: a Protestant country

Hamlet studies in Germany where Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation

possible war against Norway: tension

sets the mood of the play

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• in this soliloquy, Hamlet ponders whether to kill himself or not

• he believes men would rather kills themselves than live through those unfortunate events thrown at them by fate

• however, men fear the life after death

• thinking like this turns men into cowards and action to inaction

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To be or not to be - Kenneth Branagh  HD  (HAMLET)

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Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part 1: Crash Course Literature 203

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Revenge tragedy that deals with

• father and son relationship

• love

• madness

• youth and age

• action and inaction

• corruption – power

• God and life after death

• meaning of the theatre

• life and death

• melancholy and doubt

• appearance and reality

• honour

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• very talkative

• uses metaphors, similes and wordplays

• ambiguous

• melancholic

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Similarities:

- at the end of the play the main characters die;

- family conflict;

Differences:

- Hamlet -> revenge; Romeo and Juliet-> love

- Hamlet -> supernatural has an important role; Romeo and Juliet -> not at all;

- Hamlet -> there is metadrama; Romeo and Juliet -> not at all;

- Hamlet -> considered a dialogue with death; Romeo and Juliet -> accidental or fated death.

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Common traits:

- they both commit suicide

Differences:

- While Juliet is a strong woman, Ophelia in weak and insane;

- Juliet’s is an active suicide, while Ophelia’s is a passive suicide.

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Common traits:

- They are dramatic and verbose;

- They are clever;

- They have a way with words;

- They have a “sensible” companion;

- They consider or commit suicide;

- They accidentally kill a family member of their lover;

- Neither couple is married or happy.

Differences:

- Affections for their lovers are different;

- While Hamlet is revengeful and cruel, Romeo is romantic and kind.

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• both renegade loves

• Juliet: active

• Ophelia: passive

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• revenge wasn’t accepted by the society, but people enjoyed seeing it in plays

• violent crime against a family member of the hero, who exacts the revenge;

• the avenger has a very close relationship with the audience

•  psicological penetration through reflections of the hero

• doubt and uncertainty.

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• Hamlet is the son of the King of Denmark, who is dead
• Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, marries Claudius
• Hamlet’s father is a ghost
• The ghost reveals that he was killed by Claudius and he asks Hamlet to avenge his death
• Polonius, the king’s counsellor, thinks Hamlet is in love with his daughter, Ophelia
• Polonius is killed by Hamlet
• Hamlet is banished to England and he is given the death penalty
• Ophelia drowns herself
• Laertes, Polonius’s son wants to avenge his father death
• Claudius wants to poison Hamlet but ends up poisoning Gertrude
• There is a duel between Hamlet and Laertes
• Hamlet stabs to death king Claudius and Laertes
• Hamlet dies