Hamlet

Hamlet - Full Play Text (Use this if you are absent)

Hamlet Act I Commentaries

Hamlet Act II Commentaries

Hamlet Act III Commentaries

Hamlet Act IV Commentaries

Hamlet Act V Commentaries

Hamlet Study Guide

Hamlet Study Guide 2

Hamlet Study Questions

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Students should know the following drama terms:


 * Act** - the larger unit of division within a play (Shakespeare plays all have five acts)
 * Aside** - character speaks to audience or another character without others onstage hearing
 * Foil** - character used to contrast with another character
 * Soliloquy** - dramatic or extended speech by a character alone on stage
 * Chorus** - group of actors that supplement the drama happening
 * Tragedy** - very serious themes where a tragic figure meets destruction due to some character flaw
 * Pun** - humorous play on words - 2 or more meanings for the same word
 * Scene** - the smaller unit of division within a play
 * Comic Relief** - interrupts serious event with humor to break the tension for further dramatic building

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