Hamlet Review

Hamlet Review

Evidence of Decay in the Play – Peter + rest of team / Evidence of Corruption in the Play
Act 1: Start of Hamlet’s mental decay. Death of King Hamlet and King Fortinbras
Act 2 : Gertrude and Hamlet’s mental health and Polonius’s impeding death.
Act 3 : Hamlet & Ophelia’s mental state. Polonius’s death
Act 4 : Ophelia’s death & Anarchy of Denmark & Mosencrantes and Guildenstern
Act 5: Everyone. Monarchy and Order.
I like to drum with my pencil and pretend I’m the (pencil) lead drummer of a band. @Peterluo17 / Act 1: King’s speech that King Hamlet is dead but we should celebrate focus on celebrating his marriage to Gertrude
Hamlet said the court is corrupt (all drunks)
“Something isn’t right in the state of Denmark”
Act 2: Polonius corrupt control over Ophelia
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Hamlet’s friends but are really spying on him for Claudius
Act 3: Play: Hamlet tells the players to reenact the murder of Hamlet-pouring of poison into the ear is corrupt
“To be or not to be”-Hamlet is thinking about suicide (Hamlet is corrupt)
Act 4: Ophelia goes crazy
Hamlet kills Polonius and hides the body
Gertrude tells Claudius of her conversation with Hamlet (goes against Hamlet’s words)
Claudius says, “Where th’ offense is, let the great axe fall”
Act 5: Hamlets view of death (skull convo)
Ophelia is buried in grave b/c she is noble
Court is corrupt-all noble/royalty try to kill each other
Evidence of Poison in the Play / Evidence of Justice or Injustice in the Play
Act 1: King Hamlet’s death – poison in his ear
I.V. (Ghost Part)—“Tis given out that, sleeping in my orchard….Now wears his crown”
“Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole….So did it mine”
Act 2, Scene 2- Hamlet will have the players perform a play similar to his father’s murder
“I’ll have these players play something like the murder of my father before mine uncle.”
Act 3: Reenactment of Murderer poisoning King + Poisoning of Ophelia’s mind
Hamlet: “So you mistake your husbands. – Begin, murderer. Leave thy damnable faces and begin. Come, the croaking raven doth bellow for revenge…A poison’s him I’ th’ garden for his estate.
Hamlet: “Ha, ha! Are you honest?...Are you fair?...That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty”
Act 4: Poison of Ophelia-
Gertrude: “She is importune , indeed distract, Her mood will need be pitted.”
Claudius: “O’ this is the poison of deep grief, All from her father’s death and now behold.”
Ophelia: “O’ heat dry up my brains!
-Poison of Laertes sword
Laertes: “I will do it, And for that purpose I’ll annoit my sword.”