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The guards are very tense. The first line is someone challenging the guard, when it's supposed to be the other way around. And of course the appearance of the spectral form of the late king might have caught the attention of anyone who wasn't engaged at that stage of the scene.
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How does Shakespeare create tension and interest in the first scene of Hamlet?
Immediately Hamlet is set on the gun platform of Elsinore castle, characterising the tension in Denmark. This night time scene holds more significance to the Elizabethan audience than to the contemporary as the introduction of the Ghost of Old Hamlet ensnares the audience with its supernatural prowess. Certainly the probing question that is the incipit of the play suggests that things are quite right in the State of Denmark and position the audience to feel skewed by what they are witnessing. importantly Hamlet is absent in the first scene, showing that the major characters are only as significant as the minor roles.
What scene is hamlet is the phrase to be or not to be taken from?
It isn't "taken" from anywhere, Shakespeare wrote it.
What was Shakespeare's term for a pearl in Hamlet act v scene 2?
According to line 273, "union" is another word for pearl.
What are examples of garden imagery in Hamlet?
Act 1 Scene 2 Hamlet: "'tis an unweeded garden" Act 3 Scene 4 Hamlet: And do not spread the compost on the weeds to make them ranker Act 1 Scene 5 Ghost: And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weed That roots itself in ease on Lethe Wharf
What effect is created by the scenes between hamlet and polonius being in prose?
The prose in this scene is a series of puns and slang language. It is possible that Shakespeare did this to emphasize the playfulness in the scene while also illustrating how much Hamlet disliked Polonius with the use of insults.
What play is ' to be or not to be that is the question ' from?
Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act III Scene I.
To be or not to be is from which Shakespearean play?
The quotation "To be or not to be" is from Act III, Scene I of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
How does Shakespeare create tension and interest in the first scene of Hamlet?
Immediately Hamlet is set on the gun platform of Elsinore castle, characterising the tension in Denmark. This night time scene holds more significance to the Elizabethan audience than to the contemporary as the introduction of the Ghost of Old Hamlet ensnares the audience with its supernatural prowess. Certainly the probing question that is the incipit of the play suggests that things are quite right in the State of Denmark and position the audience to feel skewed by what they are witnessing. importantly Hamlet is absent in the first scene, showing that the major characters are only as significant as the minor roles.
Which author wrote the line to be or not to be?
William Shakespeare; it is a line from Hamlet's soliloquy in the play 'Hamlet' (act 3, scene 1).
Shakespeare's term for a pearl in Hamlet Act V scene 2?
Union
To be or not to is a phrase featured in which Shakespeare's tradegies?
Hamlet Act 3 Scene 1
What play of Shakespeare's contains the quotation 'to be or not to be'?
Hamlet, Act III Scene 1
What scene is hamlet is the phrase to be or not to be taken from?
It isn't "taken" from anywhere, Shakespeare wrote it.
What line is the quote to be or not to be that is the question in?
The phrase "to be, or not to be" comes from William Shakespeare's Hamlet
'Neither a borrower nor lender be' -- which Shakespeare play is this quote from?
The quote "Neither a borrower nor lender be" is from William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet." It is spoken by the character Polonius in Act 1, Scene 3 as part of his advice to his son Laertes before he leaves for France.
When does Hamlet instruct Ophelia to go to a nunnery?
Hamlet instructs Ophelia to go to a nunnery in Act 3, Scene 1 of the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare.
What is the difference between Shakespeare and zeffirelli version of Hamlet act1 scene1?
Zeffirelli does not open with a the scene written by Shakespeare, where King Hamlet's ghost arrives. Instead Zeffirelli take the liberty to add a scene where old King Hamlet is being buried. That would be the main difference and Zeffirelli had a number of reasons for doing so
