Literature 6: Hamlet

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Literature 6: Hamlet

(Periode B)

Hamlet

(Literature 6)

Take a guess: Hamlet is based on a 12th century Latin history book about which country?

1. Germany
2. Norway
3. Ireland
4. Denmark

Take a guess: Who speaks the famous line "To be or not to be - that is the question."

1. Hamlet
2. Hamlet's father
3. Ophelia (Hamlet's girlfirend)
4. Claudius (Hamlet's uncle)

Take a guess: True or False "At the end of the play, all of the main characters die."

1. True
2. False

Hamlet

- Written in 1601

- Shakespeare's longest play

- Based on 12th centuy Latin history about Denmark

- Focus on "humanism" = the human experiences

- Main character has lots of complex feelings

Hamlet

- Hamlet's father is dead & tells Hamlet to avenge him

- Hamlet needs to kill the new king Claudius (his uncle)

- To find out the truth he acts like a mad man 

- His girlfriend Ophelia doesn't understand and kills herself

- Claudius wants to assassinate Hamlet, but he escapes

- In the end: Hamlet's mother dies from poison, Claudius from         poison & a blade, Hamlet gets stabbed, and others die as well

Hamlet was written in what year?

1. 1586
2. 1597
3. 1601
4. 1606

The play is focused on...

1. Expressionism
2. Literalism
3. Historicism
4. Humanism

Hamlet needs to kill Claudius who is ...?

1. His brother
2. His father
3. His uncle
4. His stepfather

True or false: "Hamlet dies from poison."

1. True
2. False

How does Hamlet die?

1. Suicide
2. Poison
3. Stabbing
4. Hanging

Today:

- Read the background information for Literature 6: Hamlet

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- Start studying for the test