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Hamlet
By William Shakespeare
Topics of
Discussion
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History
Aristotle’s Definition of a Tragic
Hero
Appearance vs. Reality
Language
Apollonian vs Dionysian
Riddles
History
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The Play Itself
The Issue of the Silent Majority
The Renaissance
The Reformation
Old Fortinbras (Norway) and Old
Hamlet (Denmark)
Aristotle’s
Definition of a
Tragic Hero
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Must Be of Noble Birth
Goes from Happiness to Misery
Not Totally Virtuous or Just
Not Steeped in Vice or Baseness
Flaw in Character
Error in Judgment
Inspires Pity and Fear
Appearance vs.
Reality
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Hamlet’s vs. Claudius’s Mourning
Polonius behind the Arras
Hamlet’s Audience for his Rants
The Ghost
Friendship of Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern
Hamlet’s Sanity
Language
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Word Order
“Oh that this too, too solid flesh…”
“To be, or not to be…”
Honest vs. Fair
“Get thee to a nunnery…”
“Goodnight, sweet prince…”
Apollonian vs.
Dionysian
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Apollonion: Based in Thought
Dionysian: Based in Action
Milton’s “L’Allegro” and “Il
Penseroso”
Need for balance
Riddles
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The Role of the Fool in Literature
“A little more than kin and less than
kind…”
“I am but mad north northwest…”
St. Valentine’s Day Song