Overview, Background, and Setting (Grade 12 NSC Matric English HL): Flashcards
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Genre of Hamlet
Genre of Hamlet
Revenge tragedy
Years Hamlet was written
Years Hamlet was written
Between 1599 and 1601
Main setting location in Hamlet
Main setting location in Hamlet
Elsinore, Denmark (royal palace)
Historical source for Hamlet (author & century)
Historical source for Hamlet (author & century)
Saxo-Grammaticus in the 1100s
Time between father's death & play start
Time between father's death & play start
One month
Hamlet's location during father's death
Hamlet's location during father's death
University of Wittenberg
Great Chain of Being definition
Great Chain of Being definition
Divinely ordered hierarchy of all things in universe
Event 30 years before Hamlet begins
Event 30 years before Hamlet begins
Old King of Denmark killed old Fortinbras of Norway
Hamlet's central conflict
Hamlet's central conflict
Duty to avenge father vs moral uncertainties
Atmospheric setting choice in Hamlet
Atmospheric setting choice in Hamlet
Many scenes at night or in darkness