| Hamlet Study Guide |
| This is a study guide for Hamlet given by my teacher. To all you present students of Mr. Maite's class, don't just copy these down, but actually look them up in the play. I am using the publication by The New Folger Library publishing company. So the lines might not be exactly the same as in your book. The way the sections are marked are (Act, Scene, Line) |
| 1. Blank verse/prose--this happens throughout the play, so only a few are given. (2,2, starting at 194) (2, 2, starting 257) 2. The "mole of nature" (1, 4, 27) |
| 3. Motifs a. illness and disease (1, 4, 100) (1, 1, 131-132) b. animals (1, 1, 11) (2, 2, 331) c. blood ( d. harlotry ( e. un-weeded gardens ( f. hell and the devil ( |
| 4. Illusion vs. reality (what seems as oppossed to what is) 5. The "arena of the mind" 6. Hamlet's inductive logic 7. The "anitc disposition" (madness) 8. The "fallen world" 9. Death "Out of grace" 10. The incestuous marriage |
| 1. Fortinbras' function in the play 2. Polonius' fuction in the play (and his characterization) 3. The "play within the play" 4. Does Hamlet love Ophelia? 5. Primogeniture 6. The Elizabethan view of women 7. Drinking and its effects 8. The chivalric man vs. the reniassance man |