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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Hamlet Notes ~ Act IV Scene IV, V, VI, VII

Scene IV:
  • want internally drives us (Captain)
  • Hamlet soliloquy > "How all occasions do inform against me,/And spur my dull revenge!" >> all circumstances against his ability to act; also a motivating force
  • God did not give us such capability (of learning, of understanding/comprehension, of conscience) to go unused and to waste > experience of learning, conscious learning > Hamlet wonders if he exhibits a flaw which causes him to overthink and not act
  • Fortinbras > orders yet he never risks himself >> Soldiers > honored, risk lives for a penny because they simply follow orders without questioning
  • "O, from this time forth,/My thoughts be bloody, or nothing worth."
Scene V:
  • Polonius' death wasn't really covered > Ophelia has gone loony (traumatized)
  • Ophelia wonders why her father was buried backwards > incorrect and without proper ceremony
  • Ophelia may also be crazy because of Hamlet and unrequited love
  • "My brother shall know of it." > Ophelia threatens Claudius > Claudius attempts to monitor Ophelia > Laertes will cause problems
  • Laertes attacks with Danes
  • "That drop of blood that's calm proclaims me bastard." (Laertes) > calm derived from someone else other than his father
  • Laertes blames Hamlet for his father's death
Scene VI:
  • Hamlet escaped, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are still heading to England, Horatio was notified by Hamlet that he escaped and to meet him for an important conversation
Scene VII:
  • Laertes set on revenge > kill Hamlet (Claudius is okay with that)
  • Claudius + Laertes > set up Hamlet's death > Laertes will murder Hamlet, but an excuse will be given so that it doesn't seem cold-blooded
  • Letter from Hamlet arrives
  • Laertes will kill Hamlet also to prove his love for his father
  • Plan to kill Hamlet : Fencing match, Laertes will have an unbated sword > Laertes then suggests to put some sort of poison on the end > Claudius then says he will give Hamlet poisoned wine
  • Queen Gertrude comes in with the news that Ophelia has drowned > Laertes begins to weep for his sister and departs, followed by Claudius
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