Keys to Shakespeare's Treasure House: Hamlet. [v.2] Anthony & Cleopatra. [v.3] Twelfth night. [v.4] Merchant of Venice. [v.5] Richard III |
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... stage of the play ? Act 1 , Scene 3 . 1 - To what group of personages does Scene 3 introduce us ? 2 - Give salient traits of each character in the group . 3 What is Laertes ' part in the play ? 4 - Is there a comic element in Scene 3 ...
... stage of the play ? Act 1 , Scene 3 . 1 - To what group of personages does Scene 3 introduce us ? 2 - Give salient traits of each character in the group . 3 What is Laertes ' part in the play ? 4 - Is there a comic element in Scene 3 ...
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... stage of civilization is the force of heredity chiefly displayed ? 9 - Discussion , " Heredity is habit writ in large . " 10 - Analyze emotions in Scene 4 . 11 - Was Hamlet a fatalist , or did he merely depend upon ac- cidents for his ...
... stage of civilization is the force of heredity chiefly displayed ? 9 - Discussion , " Heredity is habit writ in large . " 10 - Analyze emotions in Scene 4 . 11 - Was Hamlet a fatalist , or did he merely depend upon ac- cidents for his ...
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... stage ? 3 - How much time is consumed in the first two acts ? 4 - Why does the Queen think Rosencrantz and Guildenstern can draw Hamlet out of his melancholy ? ( b ) Why did the King have faith in them ? 5 - When does the Queen resort ...
... stage ? 3 - How much time is consumed in the first two acts ? 4 - Why does the Queen think Rosencrantz and Guildenstern can draw Hamlet out of his melancholy ? ( b ) Why did the King have faith in them ? 5 - When does the Queen resort ...
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... stage setting for Scene 4 . 2 - What is the environing action of Scene 4 ? 3 - Why could Polonius take such liberties with the Queen ? 4 - Does Hamlet accuse his mother of participating in the murder of his father ? 5 - Does this scene ...
... stage setting for Scene 4 . 2 - What is the environing action of Scene 4 ? 3 - Why could Polonius take such liberties with the Queen ? 4 - Does Hamlet accuse his mother of participating in the murder of his father ? 5 - Does this scene ...
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... stage time has Act III consumed ? 37 - What is the difference between stage time and ordinary time ? 38 - What is the strongest dramatic situation in Act III ? 39 - What are the principal emotions in Act III ? Act IV , Scene 1 . 1 ...
... stage time has Act III consumed ? 37 - What is the difference between stage time and ordinary time ? 38 - What is the strongest dramatic situation in Act III ? 39 - What are the principal emotions in Act III ? Act IV , Scene 1 . 1 ...
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1-What is Hamlet's 11-Was Hamlet 18-What dramatic 19-What in Scene 3-What kind 4-Define Act I-Scene atmosphere of Scene attribute Hamlet's balance and proportion beginning of Scene Charles Tidwell Phelan Claudius climax in Scene Clown Dallas Denmark development in Polonius drama dramatic forecasts dramatic function dramatic purpose effect emotion in Scene entire play figures of speech Fortinbras function of Hamlet's function of Polonius Ghost Grave Diggers Hamlet assume Hamlet compare Hamlet indulge Hamlet show Hamlet's madness Hamlet's nature Hamlet's soliloquy Hamlet's traits interview kind of scene King's Laertes reveal mental moral of Scene mother opening of Scene Osric Paper-Shakespeare Paper-The play of Hamlet poetic justice Polonius does Hamlet Queen receive Hamlet's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern scene is Scene Shakespeare shown show of Hamlet's side of Hamlet's situation in Scene subtleties in Scene supernatural agencies influence told by narrative Tragedy of Hamlet UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN utter versus word in Scene
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Page 18 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Page 12 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood...
Page 16 - O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ; Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self -slaughter...
Page 15 - ... can they be expressed by a single man ? There ought to be at least a dozen of these people, if they could be had : for it is only in society that they are anything; they are society itself; and Shakspeare showed no little wisdom and discernment in bringing in a pair of them.
Page 19 - My words fly up, my thoughts remain below, Words without thought never to Heaven go.
Page 5 - She is like the snow flake on the river — a moment seen, then gone forever.