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AP English 12

AP English 12. Introduction. William Shakespeare. April 1564 – April 1616 Married and had 3 children His birth day and death day are believed to be the same – April 23 rd Wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets Acted in many of his plays before Queen Elizabeth I and later, James I

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AP English 12

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  1. AP English 12 Introduction

  2. William Shakespeare • April 1564 – April 1616 • Married and had 3 children • His birth day and death day are believed to be the same – April 23rd • Wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets • Acted in many of his plays before Queen Elizabeth I and later, James I • He is the second most quoted writer in the English language (first place belongs to the various authors of the Bible) • Hamlet is his longest play • Credited with inventing over 1700 words • Luggage, dwindle, eyeball, blanket, cater, impartial, bet, bedroom, assassination

  3. Shakespeare’s times • Queen Elizabeth I – ruling monarch • Time of national strength and wealth • Prevailing attitude of life was exciting • English Renaissance (1500-1650) • Humans had potential for development • Medieval idea of Christianity was questioned • Time for heroes • Marriages were arranged • Women had a lower social status than men • People were concerned with “order” • Rulers were God’s agents

  4. interesting facts about Hamlet • Hamlet is Shakespeare’s longest play coming in at 4, 042 lines and a playing time of around 5 hours! • Disney’s The Lion King is based on the play of Hamlet. • Hamlet is the second most filmed story with over 50 screen adaptations. • Shakespeare probably used Saxo Grammaticus' legend of Amleth as a source for the play. • When Hamlet was performed in The Globe Theater, Shakespeare played the part of the ghost.

  5. information to know before Reading • Formal vs Informal Address • Formal address • used when inferior talking to superior • Business colleagues who are not close friends • Speaker wishes to maintain distance • Informal address • More intimate relationship • Used among friends, family members, and persons to whom speaker wants to imply familiarity

  6. You and thou You is formal Thouis informal These choices are intentional and should be noted in dialogue. Act III, scene IV Queen Gertude (Hamlet’s Mother): Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended. Hamlet: Mother, you have my father much offended. • Act I, scene ii • Claudius: And now, Laertes, what’s the news with you? • You told us of some suit. What is’t, Laertes? • You cannot speak of reason to the Dane, • And lose your voice. What wouldst thou beg, Laertes, • That shall not be my offer, not thy asking?

  7. motifs • The Garden – Serpent • References to Garden of Eden (Genesis) • Death • Hamlet’s desire for • Concept of • Disease and Decay • Examples: • Act I, scene iv “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” • Act III, scene iv “Here is your husband, like a mildew’d ear” • Act IV, scene iii “Diseases desperate grown”

  8. Dramatic Devices and terms to know • Soliloquy • Monologue • Aside • Allusion • Hamlet includes allusions to • Greek and Roman mythology • Roman History • the Bible • Shakespeare will use allusions as techniques for • Establishing character • Building theme • Setting mood • Use of supernatural • Madness (either real or pretended) – popular in Elizabethan drama

  9. Dramatic Devices and Terms - Continued • Conflict – drama cannot exist without it • Hamlet – primary conflict will be internal • Hamlet’s sense of duty to avenge his father’s murder and his inability to take action

  10. 8. Tragic hero

  11. 9. Tragedy - genre

  12. You need to be able to: • Analyze the characters of • Hamlet • Gertrude • Claudius • Polonius • Ophelia

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