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12th Grade
01/31/2012

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Term
Big Ideas in Hamlet
Definition
Grief
Guilt
Fate
Ambition
Revenge
Term
Grief
Definition
Intense metal anguish; deep remorse; acute sorrow or the like
Term
Guilt
Definition
The fact of being responsible for an offense or wrongdoing; remorseful awareness of having done something wrong
Term
Fate
Definition
The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events; the inevitable event or events predestined by this force
Term
Ambition
Definition
An eager or strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or fortune; the will to succeed
The object or goal desired
Term
Revenge
Definition
To inflict punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
To seek or take vengeance for oneself or another person
Term
Foil
Definition
Placing one major and one minor character in proximity to one another to note their similarities and highlight their differences
Term
Matricide
Definition
killing of your mother
Term
Patricide
Definition
killing of your father
Term
Regicide
Definition
killing of a king
Term
Treason
Definition
betrayal of your country
Term
Humour
Definition
one of the four fluids of an animal or plant entering into the constitution of the body
the balance of the humours in the body, or lack of balance, determines a person's health and temperament
Term
The Correspondence of the Four Humours
Definition
Blood:
-Air
-Hot and moist
-"Sanguine"
-Amorous, happy, generous

Yellow Bile:
-Fire
-Hot and dry
-"Choleric"
-Violent and vengeful

Phlegm:
-Water
-Cold and moist
-"Phlegmatic"
-Dull, pale, cowardly

Black Bile:
-Earth
-cold and dry
-"Melancholic"
-Gluttonous, lazy, sentimental
Term
Sanguine
Definition
sturdiness
high color
cheerfulness
Term
Choleric
Definition
a hot temper
a lack of patience
Term
Phlegmatic
Definition
an impassive state of being
a blank expression
a lack of emotion
Term
Melancholic
Definition
a depressed state of mind
an inability to take action
an impression of sadness
Term
Why do the Four Humours matter?
Definition
-a person's personal characteristics were explained by his or her temperament (state of humours)
-Perfect temperament resulted when none of the humours dominated
-In 1600, it was common to classify characters by humours
Term
Shakespeare's Birthday
Definition
April 23, 1564
Term
Shakespeare's parents and their roles
Definition
John: leather maker
Mary: lively and intelligent, very important to Shakespeare
Term
What is Shakespeare's early life called and why?
Definition
Lost Years- not much is known during this period
Term
Shakespeare's first wife and how they got married
Definition
Anne Hathaway
6 years older
Got pregnant when Shakespeare was 18
Term
Shakespeare's three children
Definition
Daughter and twins
Term
What did Shakespeare write?
Definition
Sonnets
Poems
Plays- comedies and tragedies
Term
Who was Shakespeare supposedly having an affair with?
Definition
Earl of South Hampton
Term
Who were common characters in Shakespeare's poems? What was disturbing about them?
Definition
"Him" (Earl of South Hampton?)
"The Dark Lady": unhappy, regretful, obsessive love

Angry with both loves
Term
Shakespeare's family resided in ______ while Shakespeare wrote in _______.
Definition
Stratford Upon Haven
London
Term
Why was Shakespeare's marriage supposedly loveless?
Definition
Not many happy marriages in his plays
Left her his "second best bed"
Term
Why were theaters closed on and off during the 1590's?
Definition
Black Plague outbreaks
Term
What and when did the cruelest imaginable event happen to Shakespeare? What was it so cruel?
Definition
Summer 1596
Only son, Hamnet died at 11
Meant no money or land to be inherited no matter how much Shakespeare made
Term
What was so significant about Hamlet?
Definition
Reflected Shakespeare's life more
Shakespeare greatly improved in his writing
Term
Globe Theater
Definition
Moved plank by plank
Partly owned by Shakespeare
Term
What was so significant about Julius Caesar?
Definition
First play at the Globe
No costumes, actresses, or scenery
Made Shakespeare convince audience with words
Term
What was significant about the Globe burning down?
Definition
1613
New Globe built without Shakespeare
Shakespeare retires wealthy and well respected
Term
How and when did Shakespeare die?
Definition
Shakespeare was partying too hard and fell ill
Died on his birthday
Term
When were Shakespeare's works published?
Definition
Seven years after death
By good friend and rival
Term
TF
In Scene 1, the Ghost speaks to Horatio
Definition
F
Term
TF
The Ghost appearss to be dressed in the same outfit that King Hamlet was wearing when he was in battle
Definition
T
Term
TF
Hamlet and Horatio are schoolmates from university
Definition
T
Term
TF
The Ghost faded on the striking of Elsinore's Cathedral bells
Definition
F
Term
TF
Young Fortinbras is characterized as courageous and vengeful
Definition
T
Term
TF
Polonius has very similar advice for both his children: stay away from Hamlet
Definition
F
Term
TF
Denmark is known for its sobriety
Definition
F
Term
TF
Horatio warns Hamlet that the Ghost may cause him to lose his mind
Definition
T
Term
TF
In order to please the Ghost, Hamlet must commit regicide, patricide, and matricide
Definition
F
Term
"My hour is almost come, When I to sulfurous and tormenting flames, Must reder up myself"
Definition
The Ghost
Term
"I shall the effect of this good lesson keep, As watchman to my heart, But, Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and throny way to heaven, Whiles like a puffed and recless libertine, Himeself the primrose path of [flirtation] treads, And [does not heed his own advice]"
Definition
Ophelia
Term
"O, most wicked speed, to post with such dexerity to incetuous sheets!"
Definition
Hamlet
Term
"You are the most immediate to our throne"
Definition
Claudius
Term
"but I have that within which passes show, there but the trappings and the suits of woe."
Definition
Hamlet
Term
"This above all: to thine own self be true."
Definition
Polonius
Term
"these are but wile and whirling words, my lord"
Definition
Horatio
Term
"But know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting they father's life now wears his crown."
Definition
The Ghost
Term
"O God, God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all uses of this world!"
Definition
Hamlet
Term
"'Tis told me, he hath very oft of late given private time to you, and you yourself have of your audience been most free and bounteous"
Definition
Polonius
Term
TF
Rosencrantz tells Hamlet that his favorite players, the historians, are coming to Elsinore
Definition
F
Term
Who is Horatio?
Definition
Hamlet's BFF from Wittenburg school
Term
Who are Marcellus, Francisco, and Bernardo?
Definition
Elsinore guards
Term
Who is King Norway?
Definition
Brother to King Fortinbras
Uncle to Prince Fortinbras
Term
Who is a foil for Hamlet?
Definition
Laertes
Term
Who is the adviser to King Claudias?
Definition
Polonius
Term
What is Polonius' operating principle?
Definition
wants to maintain his image
doesn't trust people/suspicious (leads to spying)
makes decisions quickly
always confident that he is right (FATAL FLAW)
Term
What is Hamlet's operating principle?
Definition
Can't make a decision, doesn't trust himself
Always wonders if he is wrong (he remains static, can't move forward)
He things mankind is bad
Term
What is Ophelia's operating principle?
Definition
Believes that Hamlet loves loves her (stuck, can't do anything/move on)
Fears being alone (she basically is)
Term
What is Claudias' operating principle?
Definition
Nothing gets in the way of his ambition
Term
Do operating principles change?
Definition
No, because then you couldn't believe the character
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