The final on Hamlet will be on Friday.
HAMLET FINAL
REVIEW:
1) List
the five elements of tragedy
2) List
the five elements of a tragic hero
3) Define
dramatic foil
4) The
following characters are dramatic foils for Hamlet. Discuss in detail how?
a) Claudius
b) Gertrude
c) Laertes
d) Ophelia
e) Polonius
f) Fortinbras
5) What
do Fortinbras, Hamlet and Laertes have in common?
6) Define
the following: soliloquy, monologue,
implied metaphor, direct metaphor, extended metaphor
7) Be
able to give at least three examples of – implied metaphors, direct metaphors,
extended metaphors and discuss what is being compared
8) Be
able to give three examples of symbols and discuss how they work in Hamlet.
9) Be
able to give at least three examples of allusions.
10) Give the four
elements of a sonnet
11) Give a
description (mental, physical, emotional) of the following characters:
Ghost:
Hamlet:
Gertrude:
Claudius:
Ophelia:
Laertes:
Polonius:
Reynaldo:
Horatio:
Rosencrantz:
Guildenstern:
Osric:
Fransico:
Barnado:
Marcellus:
Fortinbras:
Gravedigger:
12) Outline the plot
according to Exposition, Inciting Event, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action
and Resolution. Make sure you know where
events fall.
13) Be able to
summarize the following acts in vast detail:
ACT I:
ACT II:
ACT III:
ACT IV:
ACT V:
14) How is Polonius a
meddling old fool? Think about how he
buts in between Ophelia and Hamlet, How he sends Reynaldo to spy on his son
Laertes, How he suggests spying on Hamlet three different times.
15) Do you think
Ophelia loved Hamlet? Prove this with
examples from the play.
16) In Act II what
does Hamlet ask the players to recite?
How does the allusion mimic Hamlet’s position?
17) What is a
fishmonger? Who are fishmongers in the
play? Why? Who are fishmongers in the
senior class.
18) Who is Jephthah?
19) Explain the
quote: “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
20) How is Hamlet
rude to Ophelia? How is Ophelias rude to
Hamlet?
21) What are some of
the instructions Hamlet gives to the actors?
22) How is the “play
within a play” scene a turning point in the story?
23) What are three
important things about Claudius’ soliloquy?
24) What proof is
there that Hamlet actually goes crazy in Act 3?
25) What is one thing
Hamlet says that women do to men?
26) Discuss the
meaning of the following soliloquys: ACT
I SCENE ii lines 129-159
ACT III
Scene 1 lines 57-91
ACT IV Scene iv lines 34-68
27) What characters
are in the opening scene?
28) Describe Hamlet’s
appearance in Act 1.
29) Why does Claudius
need to justify him marriage in Act 1.
30) What is the
continuous pun on sun? Discuss how
Shakespeare and Hamlet are using it.
Give some examples of its use.
31) How does
Ophelia’s craziness in Act 4 reflect Hamlet’s in Act 2 and 3? How does it differ?
32) Why does Ophelia
sing songs of sexual betrayal and death?
What does it say about her character.
33) Why does Ophelia
die? Do you think her death was
accidental or suicide? Why?
34) What is the point
of the gravedigger’s riddles and songs?
How is the gravedigger a bit like Hamlet?
35) What is Osric’s
role in the play. What concerns,
Shakespeare’s concerns, does he reinforce.
36) Why does Hamlet
‘defy augury’?
37) How does the
dying lines of Gertrude, Claudius and Laertes reflect the way their character
has been presented throughout the play?
38) Who wins in
Hamlet? Why?
39) What is the most
disturbing element in Hamlet?
40) How does Hamlet
reflect contemporary times?
41) What is odd about
the following quote: “A bloody deed;
almost as bad, good mother, as kill a king and marry with his brother.”
42) What is
disturbing about the following: “Nay, but to live in the rank sweat of an enseamed
bed; stewed in corruption; honeying, and making love over the nasty sty.”
43) What is one
statement about Humanity that Hamlet makes.
44) What is important
about the Pirates?
45) How does Hamlet
change in Act 5?
46) Do you think
Hamlet forsees his own end? Why do you
think this?
47) How is Hamlet
like Christ?
48) What is the
purpose of Horatio?
49) What does the
following quote mean:
“Alexander died, Alexander was
buried/ Alexander returneth to dust; / dust is earth; of earth we make loam;
and why of that loam whereto/ he was converted might they not stop a beer
barrel?/ Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,?/ Might stop a hole to keep
the wind away.? O, that that earth which kept the world in awe/ Should patch a
wall t’ expel the winter’s flaw.”
50) Quotations from
all Acts from various individuals. Be
able to state who is speaking, who they are speaking to, and what they are
talking about. Look over quizzes and
reread important acts.
51) Essay question
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