HAMLET ACT ONE: Themes Linked to quotes and language ...
Quotation Theme LinkLanguage technique/Structural technique/FormAnalysis of meaningContextual link/Critic opinionFransisco “‘Tis bitter cold, and I am sick at heart.”AiSiMadness Pathetic Fallacy Foreshadowing Negative adjectiveFirst personPerhaps Shakespeare is referring to the deaths that happen later in the play or the gothic nature of the play. It helps us to understand the sickness or corruption in Denmark. Minor character representing the rot is everywhere in the play, so no-one can be trusted.Barnardo “Who’s there?” AiSiMistrust/corruption/deceitQuestioningTone of mistrustHoratio “fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march? AiSiSupernaturalWarPowerDeathRhetorical questionAdjectivesTone of disbeliefHoratio “Did slay this Fortinbras”AiSiWarStatementNoun – use of Norwegian King FactClaudius “ Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother’s death”(AiSii)Death Treachery Speech beginning SuperlativeClaudius “we have here writ To Norway, uncle of young Fortinbras,-- Who, impotent and bed-rid, scarcely hears Of this his nephew's purpose,--to suppress His further gait herein;” (AiSii)War PowerThreatCommanding toneAdjectives Negative imageryHAMLET [Aside] “A little more than kin, and less than kind.” (AiSii)Treachery Power Deception Form – use of staging to show that it is intended only to be heard by the audience not by the actors on stageNegative statementsGertrude “Do not for ever with thy vailed lids Seek for thy noble father in the dust:”DeathTreachery Deception EnjambmentEnd stopping :use of colonImageryAdjectivesLaertes “not permanent, sweet, not lasting, The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.” (AiSciii)Deception Suggestion of madnessPowerPatriarchyListingCaesuraStatementAdverb RepetitionNegative toneLaertes “Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister,” (AiSciii)Patriarchy PowerMadnessRepetition CaesuraAdjectivesEmotive languagePolonius “Look to't, I charge you: come your ways.” (AiSciii)Power/controlPatriarchyCommanding tone CeasuraEnd stoppingHAMLET “The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold.” (AiSciiii)SupernaturalForeshadowingPersonificationPathetic fallacyCaesuraEnd-stoppingHAMLET “The triumph of his pledge.” (AiSciiii)PowerEnd-stoppingSarcastic tone AdjectiveHAMLET “Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell,” (AiSciiii)Supernatural DeathCorruptionOxymoronConnotations – negative /positive Questioning toneHoratio “What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff” (AiSciiii)MadnessSupernaturalImagery Biblical references ConnotationsCaesura Questioning/concerned toneNegative adjectiveImageryGhost “Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away.” (AiSciiii)MadnessSupernatural CorruptionDeathRevengeBiblical referencesAdjectives EnjambmentHAMLET “O most pernicious woman! O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!”(AiSciiii)CorruptionRevengeExclamation marksRepetitionExaggeration Shocked/ indignant/ anguished tone ................
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