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CORRUPTION & REVENGE

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CORRUPTION & REVENGE. Polonius, Laertes , Ophelia. What is Polonius afraid of regarding Laertes ?. What is Polonius afraid of regarding Ophelia?. Who or what might corrupt Polonius’s children?. Corruption in Denmark. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CORRUPTION & REVENGE

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Polonius, Laertes, Ophelia

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What is Polonius afraid of regarding Laertes?

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What is Polonius afraid of regarding Ophelia?

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Who or what might corrupt Polonius’s children?

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Corruption in Denmark Where do we see elements of corruption

on a private and public level in Denmark? Hamlet’s first soliloquy Fie on’t, ah fie, ‘tis an unweeded garden

That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. (1.2.135-138)

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The Ghost (1.4-5)Where do we see elements of corruption

in these two scenes?Ghost: “I am . . . Doom’d for a certain

time to walk the night . . . Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature / Are burnt and purg’d away” (1.5.9-13)

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Rotten/Corrupt/Garden Imagery

Marcellus: “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (1.4.90)

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The Murder POISON used by Claudius The murder is both a REGICIDE and a

FRATRICIDE.

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Close Reading The Ghost’s use of vivid, angry diction

and repetition underscores the urgent need to “clean up” the mess in Denmark, to remove the corruption (a PUBLIC revenge?)

Ghost: “foul” used 3x, “unnatural” used 2x, “strange” used once (p. 30)

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Revenge Tragedy Three roles: VICTIM, VILLAIN, AVENGER Crime has already been committed prior to the

start of the play No recourse to a higher authority Avenger must overcome obstacles Avenger must seek an appropriate revenge Concludes with a successful carrying out of

mission Most popular genre of Shakespeare’s time (and

perhaps, today?) Derives from Greeks/Romans (Aeschylus, Seneca) The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger’s Tragedy…

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WRAP UP Would Hamlet’s revenge be a PUBLIC or a

PRIVATE one?

What motivates his father’s demand—or

Hamlet’s desire— for revenge?

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EXIT PASS What, in your opinion, is the exact cause

of the “rotten-ness” in Denmark? Cite one or two words as textual support.