Hamlet, Part 1: An Introduction to Elizabethan Theater (QUIZ 100%) – Flashcards

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Act I. Scene iv. The Platform. Enter HAMLET, HORATIO, and MARCELLUS. Hamlet: The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold. Horatio: It is a nipping and an eager air. Hamlet: What hour now? -Hamlet, William Shakespeare Use the drop-down menus to identify each element from the passage.

Bernardo: Who's there? Francisco: Nay, answer me; stand, and unfold yourself. Bernardo: Long live the king! Francisco: Bernardo? Bernardo: He. -Hamlet, William Shakespeare Use the drop-down menus to analyze the way Shakespeare uses dialogue, an element of drama.

Elsinore. A Platform before the Castle. FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO. Bernardo: Who's there? Francisco: Nay, answer me; stand, and unfold yourself. Bernardo: Long live the king! Francisco: Bernardo? Bernardo: He. Francisco: You come most carefully upon your hour. Bernardo: 'Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco. Francisco: For this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold, And I am sick at heart. -Hamlet, William Shakespeare What does the audience learn about the setting of the play from the opening lines of the first scene? Check all that apply.

Act I. Scene i. Elsinore. A Platform before the Castle. FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO. Bernardo: Who's there? Francisco: Nay, answer me; stand, and unfold yourself. Bernardo: Long live the king! Francisco: Bernardo? Bernardo: He. Francisco: You come most carefully upon your hour. Bernardo: 'Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco. Francisco: For this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold, And I am sick at heart. -Hamlet, William Shakespeare How do the setting and dialogue in the first scene of Hamlet affect the audience?

Write two to three sentences explaining how the introduction of the ghost in Act I of Hamlet helps draw the audience into the play.

[Claudius:] But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son,— Hamlet: [Aside.] A little more than kin, and less than kind. Claudius: How is it that the clouds still hang on you? -Hamlet, William Shakespeare Hamlet speaks an aside. What conclusion can be drawn about Hamlet based on his words and his way of speaking?

Claudius: 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father: But, you must know, your father lost a father; That father lost, lost his; and the survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow; but to presever In obstinate condolement is a course Of impious stubbornness, 'tis unmanly grief -Hamlet, William Shakespeare Use the drop-down menus to answer the questions about the passage.

Claudius: 'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature, Hamlet, To give these mourning duties to your father: But, you must know, your father lost a father; That father lost, lost his; and the survivor bound In filial obligation for some term To do obsequious sorrow; but to presever In obstinate condolement is a course Of impious stubbornness, 'tis unmanly grief -Hamlet, William Shakespeare How does Shakespeare characterize Claudius in this passage?

As you read the passage, highlight details that reveal Hamlet's emotional state. Hamlet: O! that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew; Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! -Hamlet, William Shakespeare What does Hamlet's speech suggest about his emotional state?

Consider Shakespeare's use of the elements of drama and tragedy in Act I of Hamlet. What overall effect do Shakespeare's choices have on the audience?

QUIZ

Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene i. Marcellus: Is it not like the king? Horatio: As thou art to thyself: Such was the very armour he had on When he the ambitious Norway combated; So frown'd he once, when, in an angry parle, He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice. 'Tis strange. Marcellus: Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour, With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch. Horatio: In what particular thought to work I know not; But in the gross and scope of my opinion, This bodes some strange eruption to our state. What do Marcellus's and Horatio's characterization of the ghost imply? that a large battle is looming that someone is tricking them that the kingdom is cursed that something bad is going on

In Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii, which dramatic convention does Shakespeare employ most? He inserts unexpected humor. He introduces a major conflict. He hints at a happy ending. He resolves the earlier suspense.

Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii. Claudius: Take thy fair hour, Laertes; time be thine, And thy best graces spend it at thy will. But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son,— Hamlet: [Aside.] A little more than kin, and less than kind. Claudius: How is it that the clouds still hang on you? Hamlet: Not so, my lord; I am too much i' the sun. What is the most likely reason that Shakespeare chose this point in the play to give Hamlet his first aside? Shakespeare is alerting the audience to the conflict between Claudius and Hamlet. Shakespeare is making sure the audience knows early on that Hamlet is a tragic hero. Shakespeare is contrasting Hamlet with Laertes to create suspense for the audience. Shakespeare is hinting to the audience that Claudius will cause an unhappy ending for Hamlet.

Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii. Horatio: My lord, I came to see your father's funeral. Hamlet: I pray thee, do not mock me, fellow-student; I think it was to see my mother's wedding. Horatio: Indeed, my lord, it follow'd hard upon. Hamlet: Thrift, thrift, Horatio! the funeral bak'd meats Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. In the excerpt, Shakespeare characterizes Hamlet as amused that he was able to attend his own mother's wedding. disgusted that Gertrude and Claudius married so quickly. grateful that his mother did not have to remain a widow for long. resentful that Gertrude and Claudius wasted so much food.

Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii. Claudius: Take thy fair hour, Laertes; time be thine, And thy best graces spend it at thy will. But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son,— Hamlet: [Aside.] A little more than kin, and less than kind. The aside reveals to the audience Hamlet's respect for Laertes. affection for Claudius. jealousy of Laertes. dislike of Claudius.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TIME REMAINING 43:37 In a drama, how do audiences learn about a character? Check all that apply. through the character's own words through what other characters say through narration about the character through the actions the character takes through the way others behave toward the character

Shakespeare portrays Hamlet as a man who falls from a high status, which makes Hamlet an example of a(n) ...

Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii. [Hamlet:] Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on 't: Frailty, thy name is woman! A little month; or ere those shoes were old With which she follow'd my poor father's body, Like Niobe, all tears; why she, even she,— O God! a beast, that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer,—married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules . . . In this excerpt, Hamlet characterizes his mother as eager. fickle. loyal. sickly.

Which are structural elements that are unique to dramas? Check all that apply. acts scenes sentences stage directions rising actions

To understand _________ in a drama, the reader must weigh a character's words against other information in the text.