hamlet the story of a man who can’t make up his mind
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HAMLETTHE STORY OF A MAN WHO CAN’T MAKE UP HIS MIND
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HamletThe malcontent, the mad, the melancholy
Dane
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GertrudeHamlet’s mother — a grave disappointment:
“What wilt thou do? Thou wilt not murder me?”
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Old Hamlet (Hamlet’s father)A ghost with a mission for Hamlet: “If thou didst ever thy dear father love — Revenge
his most foul and unnatural murder.”
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ClaudiusHamlet’s uncle: “A little more than kin and
less than kind.”
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PoloniusA conniving advisor and father: “To thine
ownself be true…”
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OpheliaLover, sister, and daughter: “I do not know,
my lord, what I should think.”
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LaertesOphelia’s brother and a bit of a hothead: “To
cut his throat i’ the church! I will do’t.”
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HoratioA scholar and Hamlet’s friend: “Good night sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!”
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Iambic pentameterAn iamb is a metrical foot that consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one — daDUM.
Penta- means five.
Meter refers to a regular rhythmic pattern in poetry.
So iambic pentameter is a kind of rhythmic pattern that consists of five iambs per line, almost like five heartbeats: daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM daDUM.
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Reading Shakespeare: Iambic pentameterBut, soft! What light through yon der win dow breaks?
It is the east and Jul iet is the sun.