Hamlet
Themes:
Illusion vs. Reality [Duplicity (Duality)]
Disease/Corruption [madness/death/murder]
Action vs. Inaction [Procrastination][Man vs. “Nature”]
Order vs. Disorder [politics/human condition]
Characters
· Many of the characters are not what they seem (appearance vs. reality...
SCENE ANALYSIS
Opening of Hamlet (up to pg 95)(Natural order, truth)
Disruption of natural order, plunging into chaos
Unnatural death → appearance of Ghost “In the same figure like the king that’s dead” (Bernado pg. 89)- this would have been shocking, like treason to the audience
“This...
Marxist
Victorian Attitude
Inheritance
Property laws pass inheritance through the males
No movement between classes
Ownership based on class
Land
Goods
Chattel (wives/children/livestock/servants)
Servants were inferior; unimportant
Anything not British= very bad/inferior
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Heathcliff...
Feminist
Victorian attitude
Women were property
Marriage was love
Women’s purpose to procreate
Women were either wives, servants or whores
Women disempowered/subservient
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Catherine
Fiery/strong/passionate women are dangerous
Powerful/dangerous women die
Female power can not exist in...
Hcliff enters the house
“a gift of God; though it’s dark almost as if it came from the devil.”- first hell allusion
“gipsy brat”- Hcliff already oppressed, anything non-British was bad
“inquired for its owner”- Hcliff was enslaved?
Cathy “grinning and spitting at the stupid thing”- Hcliff...
I talked about schrodinger too in the 7 mark question,
the first question was only like two marks so it can't have been that complicated can it??? I don't know it was all very weirdly worded I thought. For Nuclear forces i talked about how they would be attracted and then eventually replulsed...