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Hamlet for Unit 4 Literature

Unit 4

Texts in Context: a 2 hour exam, with Section A relating to Hamlet and Section B relating to Blake. Choose one question from each section, spending 1 hour on each.

Use the following to revise for Section A - Hamlet .

The Background to Hamlet Great chain of being Revision Tasks - work through these one by one

Act I - explore Act I scene i

 Pictures of Hamlet in performance 1 - The play

Revision of Act I scene i

 Questions created by you! 2 - Ophelia in Act III scene i
Notes on Act I scene ii - also look at Revision Task 9 Reading Act II 3 - The Oppression of Ophelia
Disorder in Act I Reading a speech -  linguistic approaches 4- Writing an Essay in the Exam
Act I scene v Shakespeare's use of language PowerPoint presentation 5 - Analysing Meter
Act II PowerPoint presentation Shakespeare's syntax 6 - Close Analysis
Act III Revision notes on the play 7 - Analysis of Imagery
Act III scene iv - the text Studying a play 8 - Hamlet as Revenge Tragedy
Act III scene iv  PowerPoint presentation Studying Hamlet 9 - Character Study - Hamlet and Claudius
Act IV scene i - iv PowerPoint presentation Three Soliloquies - print off to work with Revision Task 10 10 - The Soliloquies
Act IV scene v PowerPoint presentation The pattern of Hamlet 11 - Character Study - Polonius
Hamlet's 'To be or not to be...' speech
Imagery Table to analyse Shakespeare's use of verse and prose in Hamlet
Imagery in Act IV scene iv Why doesn't Hamlet take revenge?
 Revision Powerpoint from 12th and 14th June on different interpretations Verse and Prose


Links

The RSC on revenge tragedy Universal Teacher on Hamlet - though intended for G.C.S.E. this is a useful point to start More on the revenge plot
The RSC on the inter-relationship between Hamlet and Claudius Other analysis on Hamlet Shakespeare on stage
The RSC on the key ideas in Hamlet Sparknotes on Hamlet A focus on The Mousetrap in Hamlet


 

 

 

 

 

 

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