- Hamlet Sr. recently died (there is mourning still)
- Gertrude was sister-in-law, consistently queen (quite an on-off situation, however)
- Cognitive dissonance- two ideas put together that do not make sense when paired/ contradict each other almost, afflict one another. Shakespeare was KING of this (and everything else)
- Hamlet's first line in the play: [aside] A little more than kin, and less than kind.
- visage= facial expression
- obsequious sorrow > Hamlet wants to grieve for vengeance of Claudius
- Claudius talks crap to Hamlet for his grief
- Six major monologues in play
- Hamlet gives himself away with his inner-most thoughts + feelings (First play in history to do so)
- Hamlet has homicidal feelings-- he's pissed! (O, that this too...)
- satyr= gross, goat-humping creature #NASTY
- Horatio tells Hamlet that he saw Hamlet Sr.'s ghost
- Hamlet is intelligent + disciplined- he's just acting in these different characters/personalities (NOT bipolar/schizophrenic)
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