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Some writers have claimed that the dumb show is extremely significant because the story of the dumb show and the story of the "play within a play" are not the same story, but that one of them is a comment of current affairs in England ca. 1600. There is not a lot of evidence for such an analysis. The dumb show has also been pointed to as a reference to the style of drama exemplified by such plays as Gorboduc, which made free use of dumb shows to prefigure the action, and sometimes to move it forward. The stilted speech in the spoken drama adds to the feeling that Shakespeare is imitating and perhaps ridiculing this obsolete style of drama. Then again, the dumb show lengthens the time during which Claudius and Gertrude can realize that the play is about them, thus improving the dramatic possibilities while they slowly come to this realization, including ironic lines such as "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
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Why is shakespeare use dumb show in Hamlet?
to show the importance of the actions usually it uses actions more than speech just like the play of hamlet it consists of a dumb show
What did Hamlet do after the dumb show?
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There is none!!! Mahahahah
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you tel me i myself got stuck with this question
Why is shakespeare use dumb show in Hamlet?
to show the importance of the actions usually it uses actions more than speech just like the play of hamlet it consists of a dumb show
What did Hamlet do after the dumb show?
Hamlet then substituted a forged letter ordering the English authorities to put Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to death, "no shriving time allowed".
What is the Significance of poison in the ear in the play hamlet?
terimaa
What is the significance of Ophelia's role in Hamlet?
There is none!!! Mahahahah
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What is the significance of setting in hamlet?
you tel me i myself got stuck with this question
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