Hamlet Act III Major Takeaways by Sarah Sherman https://padlet.com/rvrhslibrary/7raqizmyospmvelo Block 2 en-us 2020-11-18 13:39:00 UTC 2026-01-06 18:48:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Major THEMES sarahsherman1_2 https://padlet.com/rvrhslibrary/7raqizmyospmvelo/wish/936548516
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    • ]]>     2020-11-18 13:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rvrhslibrary/7raqizmyospmvelo/wish/936548516     Major DRAMATIC ELEMENTS sarahsherman1_2 https://padlet.com/rvrhslibrary/7raqizmyospmvelo/wish/936549377
  • Dramatic irony (Hamlet's killing of Polonius while he thinks he's killing Claudius)
  • Hamlet "snaps" --> killing Polonius is the climax/turning point
  • Hamlet as unreliable narrator? No one else see's ghost
  • Play within a play

    • ]]>     2020-11-18 13:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rvrhslibrary/7raqizmyospmvelo/wish/936549377     Major SYMBOLS sarahsherman1_2 https://padlet.com/rvrhslibrary/7raqizmyospmvelo/wish/936550079
  • Ghost in 3.4 (symbolizes Hamlet's madness/anger)
    • ]]>     2020-11-18 13:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rvrhslibrary/7raqizmyospmvelo/wish/936550079     Major MOTIFS sarahsherman1_2 https://padlet.com/rvrhslibrary/7raqizmyospmvelo/wish/936550875
  • Inability to take action ("To be or not to be")
  • Indecisiveness --> questioning oneself, Existentialism 
  • Fear/uncertainty of death (no one knows what happens after you die) --> death/afterlife has changed since Act I; religious doctrine has weakened in Hamlet's mind
  • Repressed desires (Hamlet's Oedipal drive for mother, Claudius' guilt during play)
  • Guilt (Claudius, Hamlet's inability to take action)
  • Revenge (Hamlet's play to catch Claudius, Hamlet's attempt to catch Claudius while praying, Hamlet taking anger out on mother)
  • Madness/Ham's paranoia
  • Illusion vs. reality (can we trust Hamlet?)
  • Misogyny/frailty of women 
  • Voyeurism/watching, spying 
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