Hamlet literatura i, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga Hamlet literatura i y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! Literatura Inglesa I, Hamlet 1 Prof. Dr. Pilar Villar Argáiz WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE HAMLET ACT I Scene i 1. Where do the events take place? 2. Who is Horatio and what does he tell the guards Bernardo and Marcellus (and the audience) about Denmark’s recent history? 3. How is the supernatural appearance of the ghost understood by the characters in the scene? What does it seem to foreshadow? 4. With whom would you identify (Horatio, Bernardo or Marcellus) and why? Actor Edwin Booth as Hamlet. Photo by J. Gurney & Son, circa 1870. Scene ii 1. Where is the scene set? 2. Notice the presence of contradictory words, ideas and phrases in Claudius’s speech and comment upon them. 3. Explain the relationship between the three protagonists, King Claudius, Queen Gertrude and Prince Hamlet. 4. Who are Polonius and Laertes? 5. Study and comment on Hamlet’s first soliloquy, the “suicide soliloquy”. Ophelia, played by Mignon Nevada, circa 1910. Bain News Service photograph. Scene iii 1. What advice does Laertes give his sister Ophelia? 2. What advice does Polonius give Laertes? 3. What advice does Polonius give Ophelia? 4. How would you describe the character of Ophelia and her relationship with her brother and father? Literatura Inglesa I, Hamlet 2 Prof. Dr. Pilar Villar Argáiz Hamlet, and Old Hamlet's ghost. Ink drawing by Johann Heinrich Füssli (1780-1785) Scene iv 1. In what way is the appearance of the ghost a sign of Denmark’s decay? Scene v 1. What revelation does the ghost make to Hamlet and what does he ask of him? 2. What does Hamlet decide regarding his future behaviour in order to carry out his plans? ACT II Scene i 1. What is Polonius planning with regard to his son Laertes? 2. What does Ophelia tell her father that makes him think that Hamlet is mad? 3. Who does he inform of this and why? 4. How would you describe the character of Polonius? Scene ii 1. Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and why have they come to Elsinore? What are they encouraged to do? 2. What do the ambassadors report to Claudius? 3. What have Hamlet and Fortinbras got in common? 4. How does Hamlet behave towards Polonius? 5. Why does Hamlet compare himself unfavourably with the player? 6. How does Hamlet plan to take advantage of the arrival of the players? Hamlet-Polonius