Writer's Techniques (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Soliloquy definition
Soliloquy definition
Character speaks thoughts aloud whilst alone on stage
Hamlet's most famous soliloquy opening
Hamlet's most famous soliloquy opening
To be, or not to be: that is the question
Denmark's a prison - literary technique
Denmark's a prison - literary technique
Metaphor (shows entrapment in Danish court)
Dramatic irony definition
Dramatic irony definition
Audience knows what characters on stage do not
Hyperion vs satyr allusion - who compared
Hyperion vs satyr allusion - who compared
Hamlet's father (Hyperion) vs Claudius (satyr)
What Yorick's skull symbolises
What Yorick's skull symbolises
Mortality & futility of earthly existence
Antithesis definition
Antithesis definition
Contrasting ideas in parallel grammatical structures
Something is rotten in the state of ___
Something is rotten in the state of ___
Denmark (imagery of decay/moral corruption)
A little more than kin, and less than ___
A little more than kin, and less than ___
kind (pun criticising Claudius)
Four main themes in Hamlet
Four main themes in Hamlet
Madness, revenge, mortality, corruption