Hamlet Essay

Drama Section- Did you find the dramatist development different types of tension in the play in order to adopt and hold the audience? (How was tension used in Hamlet)? -(Dramatic Irony) Some characters inhabit and others dont this allows for many different plots to be going on at the same time during the play. Claudiuss claim for the throne, and to be received by the state of Denmark, Hamlets revenge under a (antic disposition), Rosencrantz and Guildensterns spy to find out the Reason for Hamlets revenge.-Soliloquys are our only method of sagaciousness and knowing what certain characters are thinking and intentions. (How hamlet is mad and we jump to doubt ourselves which is when tension comes in, When he handles Ophelia roughly).-Setting Tension, Denmark and Poland tension in a hawkish situation Expand -Context Religious (Ghost) Expand -Hamlet Gertrude Claudious Conflict when theyre all unitedly on the stage at once. What for you was the most riveting or satusfyign second g ear in the play? Can you account for how the playright managed to achieve it? -Act I depiction I, When the apparition of the ghost first appeared. It was achieved because at the time the religious beliefs of the familiarity where deeply ingrained into the minds of the people. When coupled with a tense relations amidst Denmark and Norway at the time which directly reflects (mirrors) the situation of Europe at the time. (Cannon fire) Having this knowledge beforehand and making these links left me really satisfied. You can basically imagine how a Elizabethan society would react to this.Strengths and weaknesses of Hamlet and the exercise of these on the play? -Youthfulness in how he reacts with other characters in the play. biliousness swings Expand -Quest to not kill claudious but to discover the truth previous to avenging his father. Constantly delaying it ( Internal conflict) allowing us to empathise with him Expand -Ability to play with haggle and to attack (verbally) those who oppose him. Such as Polonious and R&G. Expand -Full of contradictions.