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Hamlet

Act I Scene i. SettingSupernatural

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Hamlet

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    1. Hamlet Act I

    2. Act I Scene i Setting Supernatural “Horatio says ‘tis but our fantasy And will not let belief take hold of him Touching this dreaded sight twice seen us. Therefore I have entreated him along With us to watch the minutes of this night, That, if again this apparition come He may approve our eyes and speak to it” (I.i.28-34).

    3. Act I Scene i Setting “…our last king, Whose image even but now appeared to us, Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway, Thereto pricked on by a most emulate pride, Dared to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet Did slay this Fortinbras, who by a sealed compact, Well ratified by law and heraldry, Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands Which he stood seized of, to the conqueror” (I.i.92-101). Warfare Theme of revenge, vengeance Lost what he should have inherited

    4. Act I Scene i Setting Supernatural “In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mighiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets; As stars with trains of fire and dews of blood, Disasters in the sun; and the moist star…” (I.i.125-130). Foreshadowing Bad omens Theme of disorder at beginning

    5. Act I Scene ii Tone and Diction Claudius at castle “Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother’s death The memory be green, and that it us befitted To bear our hearts in grief, and our whole kingdom To be contracted in one brow of woe, Yet so far hath discretion fought with nature That we with wisest sorrow think on him Together with remembrance of ourselves” (I.ii.1-7).

    6. Act I Scene ii Tone and Diction “Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen,… With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage, In equal scale weighing delight and dole Taken to wife” (I.ii.8-14). Thanks his people Qualities of a good king Appropriate? Irony

    7. Act I Scene ii Tone and Diction Hamlet “A little more than kin and less than kind” (67) “Not so, my lord; I am too much in the sun” (69) Queen “…cast they nighted color off, And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. Do not forever with thy vailed lids Seek for thy noble father in the dust. Thou know’st ‘tis common; all that lives must die…” (I.ii.70-74) Don’t be sad Generally concerned with his well being

    8. Act I Scene ii Tone and Diction “’Tis not alone my inky cloak, (good) mother, Nor customary suits of solemn black, Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, Nor the dejected havior of the visage, Together with all forms, moods, (shapes) of grief, That can (denote) me truly. These indeed ‘seem,’ For they are actions that a man might play But I have that within which passes show, These but he trappings and the suits of woe” (I.ii.80-89).

    9. Act I Scene ii Characterization of Hamlet Indicates his sorrow is true and heartfelt Love he felt for his father Scornful of his mother

    10. Act I Scene ii Tone and Diction Claudius makes light of the situation “But you must know your father lost a father…” (I.ii.92) “In obstinate condolement is a course/ Of impious stubbornness. ‘Tis unmanly grief” (I.ii.97-98). Insensitive Be a man Heir to the throne Talks down to Hamlet Degrades him

    11. Act I Scene ii Hamlet and Horatio “I pray you all, If you have hitherto concealed this sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still; And whatsomever else shall hap tonight, Give it an understanding but no tongue” (I.ii.267-271). Wants to see for himself Trusts and respects Horatio

    12. Act I Scene iii Ophelia’s love “For Hamlet, and the trifling of his favor, Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood, A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward not permanent, sweet, not lasting, The perfume and suppliance of a minute, No more” (I.iii.6-10). Good relationship with her brother Ophelia does have feelings for Hamlet Hamlet’s love is fleeting Strictly infatuation

    13. Act I Scene iii Ophelia’s love “…Perhaps he loves you now, And now no soil or cautel doth besmirch The virtue of his will; but you must fear, His greatness weighed, his will is not his own, (For he himself is subject to his birth)” (I.iii.17-21). Cares a great deal for her He may love you but cannot choose his wife His marriage is in the interest of Denmark

    14. Act I Scene iii Ophelia’s love “Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain If with too credent ear you list his songs Or lose your heart or your chaste treasure open To his unmastered importunity… And keep you in the rear of your affection, Out of the shot and danger of desire. The chariest maid is prodigal enough If she unmask her beauty to the moon” (I.iii.32-41). References her virginity Don’t give it up to Hamlet

    15. Act I Scene iii Polonius’ advice Good advice Caring father “Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar” (65-67) “Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them unto they soul with hoops of steal” (68-69) “Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, Bear’t that th’ opposed may beware of the” (71-72) “Costly thy habit as they purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy For the apparel oft proclaims the man…” (76-78) Neither a borrower nor a lender (be), For (loan) oft loses both itself and friend.” (81-82) “This above all: to thine own self be true…” (84)

    16. Act I Scene iii Polonius’ advice “When the blood burns, how prodigal the soul Lends the tongue vows… Be something scanter of your maiden presence… Do not believe his vows, for they are brokers… from this time forth Have you so slander any moment leisure As to give words or talk with the Lord Hamlet” (I.iii.125-144) Hamlet is only after one thing He will say whatever you want to hear Do not give up your virginity Do not see him Ophelia agrees Obedient Drives action

    17. Act I Scene iv Characterization of Claudius “The King doth wake tonight and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swagg’ring upspring reels; And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettledrum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge” (I.iv.9-13). King is partying and being loud Sets a bad example Makes us look like fools to others Negative attributes Opposite of Old Hamlet – respected

    18. Act I Scene iv Hamlet and Horatio Horatio warns Hamlet that the ghost may cause him harm or be evil Good friend, trustworthy “What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord? Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles o’er his base into the sea, And there assume some other horrible form Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason And draw you into madness?” (I.iv.77-82).

    19. Act I Scene v Revenge “I am thy father’s spirit, Doomed for a certain term to walk the night And for the day confined in fast fires Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away. 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 and freeze they young blood…” (I.v.14-21). Reference to purgatory Cannot tell Hamlet what it is like- too horrible to imagine

    20. Act I Scene v Revenge “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (31) “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life Now wears his crown” (I.v.46-47) Indicates he was murdered Claudius did it Sleeping in orchard and poisoned in his ear Dies without confessing

    21. Act I Scene v Revenge “Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught. Leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge To prick and sting her” (I.v.92-95). Do not seek revenge against Gertrude Heaven will punish her Her guilt will punish her Loved her greatly

    22. Act I Scene v Revenge “How strange or odd some’er I bear myself (As I perchance hereafter shall think to meet To put an antic disposition on) That you, at such times seeing me, never shall, With arms encumbered thus, or this headshake, Or pronouncing of some doubtful phrase, … That you know aught of me- this do swear,” (I.v.190-202). If I begin to act odd, do not acknowledge any of this Is he going crazy? Acting?

    23. Parallel Characters Royal Family of Denmark and the Royal Family of Norway Both kings are dead Both have sons who did not inherit the throne Both uncles are kings of the country Both uncles are unaware of the actions by their nephews

    24. Recurring/Significant Images Disjoint “Our state to be disjoint and out of frame” (I.ii.20) “The time is out of joint.” (I.v.210) “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” (I.iv.100) Possible Significance? Foreshadowing Why is Denmark out of joint? What is rotten? What caused things to go rotten?

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