THEATER 2040 1nd Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I Renaissance II Medieval Influences III English Renaissance a Elizabethan Age b Government Rules IV The Theatre V Elizabethan Playwrights a Ben Jonson b Thomas Kyd c Christopher Marlowe d William Shakespeare VI The Spanish Tragedy VII Iambic Pentameter VIII Two major types of Playhouses a Public Theater The Globe b Private Theater The Blackfriar IX Other Public Theater Elements X The Broken Rules XI Closing up Shop Outline of Current Lecture I Hamlet Plot a Bloodthirsty revenge plot II Location of play III Characters a Hamlet b Gertrude c Ophelia d Laertes e Rosencrantz and Guildenstern f The Ghost g Polonius h King Claudius i Horatio IV Highlight Scenes These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute a Hamlet s To Be Soliloquy b The play within a play c Hamlet and Gertrude s scene in the bedroom d Final scene Other Questions Current Lecture V Hamlet plot a Bloodthirsty revenge plot first used by ancient Roman playwright named Seneca b Thomas Kyd borrowed the theme to write The Spanish Tragedy during English Renaissance Then Shakespeare borrowed it to write Hamlet c Central Idea in bloodthirsty revenge story i It is your duty to seek revenge for the death of a family member VI Location of play a Denmark i In several locales in around castle Elsinore ii Written 1600 1601 VII Characters d Hamlet i Prince of Denmark ii Depressed wears a lot of black e Gertrude i Hamlet s mother f Ophelia i Hamlet s lover they court each other in the beginning g Laertes i Ophelia s brother ii Hamlet and him fight because Hamlet killed Polonius h Rosencrantz and Guildenstern i Claudes wants them to spy on Hamlet i The Ghost i Hamlets father ii Revealed the truth of his death j Polonius i Father of Ophelia and Laertes ii Claudius counsel k King Claudius i Hamlet s uncle ii Kills Hamlet s father with poison l Horatio i The servant and Hamlets friend supports him VIII Highlight Scenes a Hamlet s To Be Soliloquy i What is he trying to decide in this soliloquy I ii He s contemplating suicide b The play within a play i Why is this scene important ii Hamlet wants to see if Claudius feels guilt from the scene the obvious guilt confirms that Hamlet needs to kill the king c Hamlet and Gertrude s scene in the bedroom i Did Gertrude have something to do with the murder of Hamlet s father What happens in this scene ii Hamlet tries to tell Gertrude about his father s death he accidentally kills Polonius thinking it s the king Hamlet leaves town and comes across a letter that talks of Claudius plan to kill him d Final scene Who dies and how i Laertes he is cut by his own poisoned blade ii Gertrude drinks poisoned wine first to die iii Claudius Hamlet makes him drink the poisoned wine iv Hamlet Laertes does wound him with the poisoned blade but he doesn t die immediately Other Questions a How did Claudius murder King Hamlet i Put poison in his car b Where is the university at which Horatio and Hamlet studied i Whittenburg Germany c Whose skull does Hamlet discover in the churchyard i Yorick court jester d Who escorts Hamlet on the voyage to England i Rosencratz and Guildenstern e How does Ophelia die i She drowns suicide f In what country do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die i England g Which character speaks from beneath the stage i The Ghost h Where do Hamlet and Laertes fight during Ophelia s funeral i In the grave of Ophelia