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Hamlet: Literary Terms

Hamlet: Literary Terms. Explication. Line by line analysis of the literary text Includes larger meaning as well as a discussion of such elements as diction, style, symbolism, parallelism, figurative language, irony, etc. Conventional Symbol.

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Hamlet: Literary Terms

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  1. Hamlet: Literary Terms

  2. Explication • Line by line analysis of the literary text • Includes larger meaning as well as a discussion of such elements as diction, style, symbolism, parallelism, figurative language, irony, etc

  3. Conventional Symbol • Symbol accepted by tradition to have a particular meaning • Skull • Rose/other flowers • Poison • Disease

  4. Irony • Verbal: puns, sarcasm, hyperbole, understatement • Dramatic: Claudius’ prayer, the duel, Hamlet’s kindness to Laertes • Situational: Ophelia’s madness

  5. Genre • Drama • Poetry • Tragedy • Revenge tragedy

  6. Diction • Poetic • Levels reflect characters • Ironic • Figurative

  7. Circumlocution • Speaking indirectly • Polonius: windy; has trouble getting to the point • Osric • Hamlet (Shakespeare) perceives this to be superficiality which he consistently mocks

  8. Tone • Through diction • Irony: puns, sarcasm; situational (hoist with their own petar) • Metaphors & symbols • Polonius to Ophelia (leash) • Hamlet to Gertrude/Horatio (cankered rose vs rose in May) /R&G (springes to catch woodcocks) • Allusions • Soliloquies

  9. THE END

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