Hamlet – Flashcards
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-A series of events develop the plot's central conflict.
-Suspense builds gradually as the plot progresses.
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>Which statements describe the rising action of a tragedy's plot?
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-Hamlet wants to kill Claudius, but he wants to be sure Claudius will suffer.
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>Which statement best describes Hamlet's complexity in the excerpt?
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-His erratic behavior confuses his friend.
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>Hamlet's character is complex in the excerpt because
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-A visit from his deceased father.
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>In Shakespeare's Hamlet, what plot event prompts Hamlet to become suspicious and resentful?
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-Polonius is sacrificing his daughter to trick Hamlet.
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>In the excerpt, Hamlet calls Polonius Jephthah, after the priest in the Old Testament who sacrifices his daughter to God. What does this allusion suggest about Polonius's treatment of Ophelia?
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-Although she is queen, Gertrude is caught between her powerful husband and bitter son.
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>Which statement is a feminist analysis of these lines?
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-Which words does the actor emphasize?
-What gestures and movements does the actor make?
-What emotions does the actor convey?
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>What should audience members ask themselves when they evaluate how an actor interprets a character?
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-Diction
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>To analyze tone, the reader should study word choice, which is also called
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-Time period it was written in
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>Historical criticism considers a text's relationship to the
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-The character experiences a variety of human emotions.
-The character possesses a complex personality.
-The character grows or develops over the course of a play.
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>Which ideas describe a round character?
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-In contrast to Gertrude, Hecuba is the ideal image of a grieving widow.
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>Which statement best explains why Shakespeare alludes to Hecuba throughout Act II, Scene ii of Hamlet?
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-How do the parts of the text relate to the whole?
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>Which question is most likely asked by a reader analyzing a text through a formalist lens?
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-Become a tragic hero and the story will have an unhappy ending.
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>By evaluating the dramatic conventions in the excerpt, the reader can conclude that Hamlet will
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-He is distraught and unsure.
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>What does this part of the soliloquy reveal about Hamlet?
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-Cautious
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>Shakespeare's word choice in the passage creates a tone that is
