ENGL 105A Lecture 18: Hamlet the Play as a Duel
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Comes in raging to claudius because his father has been killed. Ratifies hamlets thoughtfulness, before he acts entirely, so that you don"t get manipulated by. The death of ophelia: painting by je millais 1852. The pathos lapsing into madness over fathers death contrasts how hamlet escapes from sea, journey, etc. in the way that hamlet is aware of the madness. Single combat at court: the courtesy struggle is through people, claudius weapons: rosencrantz and guildenstern. Voyage and return: hamlets 3 costumes, mourning black: good hamlet, cast thy nighted color off , antic disposition: my lord, as i was sewing in my closet, lord hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced. Not hat upon his head, his stockings fouled, ungraded, and down to his ankle: return from sea: upon my sea , journeys in shakespeare are significant; metaphorical, the graveyard scene: hamlet with yoricks"s skull.
