Hamlet Essential Knowledge Recap

Hamlet is known for employing double entendres in his speeches. Which is the best definition of double entendre?

• 1. a phrase or a figure of speech has two different meanings

• a phrase comparing two things using like or as

• 1. when two characters in a play exist to contrast one another

• When a symbol appears at least two times in a play

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In literature, this type of character shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character.

• a static character

• a main character

• 1. a foil character 

• 1. an archetypal character

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Which of the following can be considered a motif in Hamlet?

• flowers

• spying

• gift giving

• mother-daughter relationships

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So far in our reading of Hamlet, he has delivered three (3) soliloquies. What is a soliloquy?

• speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself

• giving an acceptance speech to an audience

• 1. the opening remarks in a debate

• when a stage actor speaks from backstage

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What is a Critical Literary Lens?

• the language through which you read a text

• a way to understand the major events in a story

• 1. the language through which the author describes different characters 

• 1. a way to focus on the work from different viewpoints

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1. Which is not one of the three (3) Critical Literary Lenses will we use to examine Hamlet?

• Feminist

• Archetypal

• Psychoanalytic

• Historic

Using what lens did we analyze the exchange between Hamlet and Ophelia Act III, Scene II?

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1. Which is not one of the areas of study when looking at a work through the Feminist lens?

• differences between men and women

• women in power or power relationships between men and women

• dream sequences and symbols

• the female experience

What lens did you research for your homework?

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Hamlet is a tragic hero. What is Hamlet’s tragic flaw?

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