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ACT 4 CHARACTER EVOLUTION

Explore the key issues in Act 4 of Shakespeare's Hamlet, delving into themes such as madness, revenge, and character dynamics. Analyze Hamlet's state of mind, Ophelia's tragic fate, Claudius's motives, and the role of Laertes as Hamlet's foil. Compare and contrast the approaches to revenge by Hamlet and Laertes, revealing the complexities of human nature in this iconic play.

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ACT 4 CHARACTER EVOLUTION

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  1. ACT 4 CHARACTER EVOLUTION Hamlet

  2. 2 KEY ISSUES IN ACT 4 • MADNESS • REVENGE

  3. HAMLET • Is Hamlet ANTIC or MAD? • Actions/words following death of Polonius • “How all occasions do inform against me And spur my dull revenge” (4.4.34) • “…Of thinking too precisely on th’ event (A thought which quartered, hath but one part wisdom/And ever three parts coward”) (4.4.43)

  4. OPHELIA • Is Ophelia a victim? • Your best psychological analysis? • “Divided from herself and her fair judgment (Claudius) • “We know what we are But know not what we may be” • Lyrics of “her song” • And will he not come again” (4.5.212)

  5. MADNESS • Compare and contrast Ophelia and Hamlet’s madness

  6. CLAUDIUS • Is Claudius arrogant or paranoid? • “The present death of Hamlet …Do it, England” (4.3.74) • “The Queen his mother Lives almost by his looks (4.7.14) • “…Is the great love the general gender bear him” (4.7.20)

  7. CLAUDIUS • “And for his death no wind of blame shall breathe/But even his mother shall uncharge the practice/ And call it accident” (4.7.74) • “Revenge shall have no bounds” (4.7.146)

  8. LAERTES • Is Laertes Hamlet’s foil? • “What would you undertake To show yourself indeed your father’s son More than in words?” (4.7.141) ~ Claudius to Laertes • “To cut his throat i’ th’ church” ~ Laertes • “Laertes, was your father dear to you? Or are you like the painting of a sorrow, A face without a heart?” (4.7.122-124) ~ Claudius

  9. REVENGE • Compare and contrast the revenge of Hamlet and Laertes

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