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Kashif Nazir

Hamlet: Entire Play - 16 views

  • In the same figure, like the king that's dead.
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      Foreshadowing: the ghost of the dead king as a foreboding omen of hard times for Denmark
  • Together with that fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark
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      Visual Imagery - the ghost is dressed just as the king when he was in battle
  • dead hour
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  • In equal scale weighing delight and dole,--
    • Kashif Nazir
       
      Lots of contradictions present throughout this passage. Paradoxical? Ironic?
  • But break, my heart; for I must hold my tongue.
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      Motif - Recurring situation that Hamlet must "hold his tongue" in the face of adversity
  • And then, sir, does he this--he does--what was I about to say? By the mass, I was about to say something: where did I leave?
  • How now! a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!
    • Kashif Nazir
       
      What the Hell is Hamlet doing? Shows signs of thinking without any considerations of his actions. Emphasizes the motif of insanity. Is he really insane or not?
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      Comic relief maybe? What...?
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