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SHAKESPEARE’S
Hamlet
REIGNING MONARCHY
Q
ueen Elizabeth
R
eceived a formal education
N
ever married
L
oved the theater
R
uler after Queen
Elizabeth
—King James
SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE
P
arents John and Mary Arden
B
orn April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon
D
ied April 23, 1616, buried at Holy Trinity Church
C
hildren: Susanna-1st born, Judith and Hamnet-twins
THE WRITER
T
ypes of plays-histories, comedies, and tragedies
W
rote 154 sonnets
H
amlet-Main theme of revenge
O
ther plays-King Lear, Othello, Richard III, Taming of the Shrew,
etc.
THE THEATERT
he Globe
A
ll actors were boys
T
heaters were prosperous until the Plague closed many theaters
S
hakespeare was a member of Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which later
became the King’s Men
E
ventually the Globe burned down
TRAGEDY
T
ragedy: main character is brought to ruin by a tragic flaw,
moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable
circumstances
T
ragic hero: makes an error in judgment or has a fatal flaw
that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a
tragedy
THEMES-TAKE NOTES AS YOU READ THE PLAY
R
evenge
D
eception
D
eath
M
adness
S
in and Corruption
DRAMA
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
Catastrophe
Falling Action
Climax
Rising Action
Exposition
Inciting Incident
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