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Hamlet is written in objective third-person point of view. To give audiences some insight into characters' inner thoughts, Shakespeare uses short speeches (asides) and longer speeches (soliloquies) in which characters speak their thoughts aloud. Feb 03, 2009 Hamlet Act III Questions 3.1.64-94 1. Discuss the complexities of Hamlet’s struggle with suicide. 3.1.99-175 2. Support or refute one of the following statements: a. Hamlet knows from the beginning of the scene that Polonius and Claudius are watching him b. Hamlet does not know until later in the scene that he is being watched. Hamlet’s probing and examination is the obstacle, the disturbance that keeps the new king from his super-objective of “I want to put the past behind me and reign peacefully.” These obstacles create dramatic tension, without which there is no suspense or dramatic interest. Claudius acts: he sends Hamlet away. Hamlet returns, etc. Think of - as one sentence description of the main conflict, expressing what the main character actually does in the play to accomplish his/her super-objective Hamlet's Through Action A sensitive, idealistic prince provokes dangerous discord in the palace of his uncle, a criminal usurper.
Dramaticaction: theenergy contained in a line of dialog and manifested as a desire.
Dramatic activity: the illustration of the action; thebusiness performed by the actor making the action known and physical.
A. a precipitating context. Like the play asa whole, which grows out of a set of given circumstances, each unit has aparticular context which colors the action of that unit. You can look at a unitas: act, scene, or French scene. The smaller the unit, the better. We will use a French scene; divide when:
1. a character enters or exits
2. there is a shift in the action in the play
B. characters in pursuit of an objective.
1. Each line of dialog is the container of an energyreleased as a strategy.
a. a character's objective may be perceivedas a coherent series of strategies.
b. a strategy is best expressed as an active verb.
2. Acharacter's objective is the temporary focal point of all his or her energy.
3. A character's objective should be expressed as an activeverb.
Example: 'I, Oedipus, want to undermine Creon'stestimony.'
4. Acharacter's objective will vary according to:
a. the character's consciousness of hiswants. Hamlet's energy may be focused on a definite objective of which he isfully conscious, or his energy may be focused on a vague goal of which he isnot fully conscious.
b. the strength of the character'smotivation. Some objectives are more vigorously pursued than others, becausesome objectives are more vital to the interests of the character.
c. the source of the character'sdesires. An objective may be an expression of an instinct, a rational decision,a wilful choice, or an impulse.
C. One character in the unit will be the impellingagent (protagonist) because his determination propels the action. Other characters in the unit will be the blocking agents (antagonist)and his or her subordinates, and the subordinates of the impellingagent.
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1. An active unit contains an active conflictbetween the impelling agent and the blocking agent.
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2. A reactive unit contains some sort of sustained emotionalrelease.
THUS, a unit ends when:
1. Anew character enters and alters the context.
2. Theimpelling agent achieves or abandons his objective.
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3. Therhythm of intensification, crisis, and release is complete. (2-3 shift theaction).
1. The super-objective of each of the principlecharacters. The super-objective is.a statistical summary, or an abstractionfrom the several objectives of the character.
a. A super-objective isbest expressed as an active verb or verb phrase.
b.A super-objective may beexplained (but not explained away) in terms of the character's degree ofconsciousness, his strength, and the sources of his motivation.
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3. The dynamic structure of the play, consists of
(1) given circumstances
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(2) rising action or intensification of the plotof the play
(3) the climax or the major crisis of the play,and the
(4) denoument. or the release following theplay's climax.
- precipitating context – like the title that you did in structural analysis, just another name for the same thing
- charactersÕ objectives (full sentence with active verb)
- protagonist/antagonist and blocking agents/subordinates of both
- reciprocal forcing
- intensification/crisis
- reactive/active why?
- super-objective of each character for the play in its entirity.
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