1. HAMLET

2. The Renaissance Movement Italy Religious devotion Human’s place on Earth England

3. The English Renaissance: 1485-1660 Tudor Period: 1485-1558 -King Henry VIII -Edward I -Mary I Elizabethan Age/Period (High Renaissance): 1558-1603 Jacobean Age/Period: 1603-1625

5. arts

6. The theatre becomes extremely popular

7. William Shakespeare emerges as a playwright and poet

8. Starts as an actor

9. Eventually becomes a financiallysuccessful playwright who owns a controlling interest in his own theatre (The Globe)

11. wrote a long narrative poem

12. wrote plays

14. Tragedy

15. Comedy

16. History

18. Jacobean Theatre Theatre continues much the same as it was in the Elizabethan Age Revenge tragedies like Hamlet become very popular

20. Ghost of Old Hamlet – Former king, Hamlet’s father

21. King Claudius – Hamlet’s uncle and stepfather, Gertrude’s husband

22. Queen Gertrude – Hamlet’s mother, widow of Old Hamlet, married Claudius just before the start of the playHamlet Gertrude and Claudius Hamlet and Ghost

24. Laertes – Son of Polonius, attends university in France, returns home for a funeral

25. Ophelia – Daughter of Polonius, probably somewhere between 14 and 19 years of age

26. Horatio – Hamlet’s best friend, visiting from university

27. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – childhood friends of HamletOphelia and Polonius Laertes

30. Arriving home for the funeral, you discover that your uncle Claudius, the new king, has married your mother!

32. The King is the government

33. No courts, attorneys- no legal options!

34. Mother can’t help- wives must obey their husbands

35. Claudius is not a bad king: he’s popular among the people.

37. Hamlet: Motifs(Repeated Ideas, Words, Images, Symbols) Revenge Poison Suicide/Death (Dust/Dirt) (Violent) Sexual Imagery and Oedipus Myth (Incest) Imagery of Weeds/Compost & Sterility Thinking/Contemplation (Inaction) vs. Acting/Action (Philosopher vs. Warrior) Appearance/Illusion vs. Reality Certainty vs. Uncertainty Vs. Trust vs. Distrust Honesty/Truth vs. Dishonesty (Deception/Spying) Misogyny (Note: Hamlet’s hateful attitude toward women as exemplified in his treatment of Ophelia and Gertrude)

39. Who am I?

41. Assassination attempts on Elizabeth & James resulted in cruel and brutal retaliations.