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Act I Scene i And Scene ii

Act I Scene i And Scene ii. The plot so far…. Two guardsmen and Hamlet’s friend Horatio see the ghost of Hamlet’s father. They try to talk to it but it disappears so they decide to tell Hamlet.

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Act I Scene i And Scene ii

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  1. Act I Scene i And Scene ii

  2. The plot so far… • Two guardsmen and Hamlet’s friend Horatio see the ghost of Hamlet’s father. • They try to talk to it but it disappears so they decide to tell Hamlet. • Back inside the palace, Claudius explains that he is the new king and he has married his murdered brother’s wife. • He also explains that Denmark is at war with Norway. • Horiatio tells Hamlet he saw the ghost of his father. • Hamlet says he will check it out tonight.

  3. Themes • DEATH I, ii, 129 – 132 “Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew, Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!” He is saying that he’d like to disappear and he wishes he could KILL HIMSELF. • APPEARANCE VS. REALITY I, ii, 243 – 245 “If it assume my noble father’s person, I’ll speak to it, though Hell itself should gape And bid me hold my peace.” Hamlet wonders if it is a sign from HEAVEN or from HELL.

  4. Figurative language - Puns • I, ii, 64-65 “A little more than kin, and less than kind.” He means he is related to them in TOO many ways. It is creepy and unnatural. • I, ii, 67 “I am too much in the sun.” He means he feels well. Also that it is weird to be his nephew AND his SON. • I, ii, 73 “Ay madam, it is common.” It is natural to die. You are a common WHORE!

  5. Figurative language - Metaphors • I, ii, 129 – 132 “Oh, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew, Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter!” He is saying that he’d like to disappear and he wishes he could kill himself.

  6. Motifs – That thing that enhances the theme • INCEST I, ii, 146 “Frailty, thy name is woman!” He hates that his mother remarried so easily and quickly. • INCEST I, ii, 156 – 157 “O most wicket speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets!” Jumping in to bed with her brother-in-law so fast is incestuous and horrible. • EAR I, ii, 170 “Nor shall you do mine ear that violence.” I won’t believe such lies.

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