Hamlet, Part 1: An Introduction to Elizabethan Theater

Question 1

four

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through the character’s own words; through what other characters say; through the actions the character takes; through the way others behave toward the character

Question 2

Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii.Claudius: Take thy fair hour, Laertes; time be thine,And thy best graces spend it at thy will.But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son,—Hamlet: [Aside.] A little more than kin, and less than kind.Claudius: How is it that the clouds still hang on you?Hamlet: Not so, my lord; I am too much i’ the sun.

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Shakespeare is alerting the audience to the conflict between Claudius and Hamlet.

Question 3

Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii.Claudius: Take thy fair hour, Laertes; time be thine, And thy best graces spend it at thy will. But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son,—Hamlet: [Aside.] A little more than kin, and less than kind.

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dislike of Claudius.

Question 4

actscharacterizationstructuresetting

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characterization

Question 5

Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene i.Horatio: That can I; At least, the whisper goes so. Our last king, Whose image even but now appear’d to us, Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway, Thereto prick’d on by a most emulate pride,Dar’d to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet— For so this side of our known world esteem’d him— Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal’d compact, Well ratified by law and heraldry, Did forfeit with his life all those his landsWhich he stood seiz’d of, to

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to inform the audience of the events leading up to this point

Question 6

Hamlet, Act I, Scene i contains suspense because it

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has plot twists and unresolved questions.

Question 7

In Hamlet, Act I, Scene i, which character does Shakespeare use most to create suspense?

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Ghost

Question 8

Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene i.Marcellus: Is it not like the king?Horatio: As thou art to thyself: Such was the very armour he had on When he the ambitious Norway combated; So frown’d he once, when, in an angry parle, He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice. ’Tis strange.Marcellus: Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour, With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.Horatio: In what particular thought to work I know not; But in the gross and scope of my opinion, This bodes some strange eruption to our state.

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that something bad is going on

Question 9

In Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii, which dramatic convention does Shakespeare employ most?

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He introduces a major conflict.

Question 10

Which are structural elements that are unique to dramas? Select three answers.actsscenessentencesstage directionsrising actions

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acts; scenes; stage directions

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