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Humour in 'Hamlet' is never far away from centre stage. (Hamlet…
Humour in 'Hamlet' is never far away from centre stage.
Hamlet always makes jokes throughout any situation.
'How is it that the clouds still hang on you?' 'Not so, my lord; I am too much in the sun,'
"Thrift, thrift, Horatio! the funeral baked-meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables."
Even when pretending to be mad
When insulting Ophelia
Go to, I'll no more marriages; those that are married already, all but one, shall live; the rest shall keep as they are. To a nunnery, go. (satirical humour)
"A little more than kin and a less than kindness"
"Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel?". Hamlet always pretended to be the madman in front of Polonius, while he actually made him look like an old fool
A.C Bradley - "His nature also is exceptional"
Polonius
Comic relief
"This is too long" during the players scene
He also cuts in at their use of the words "mobled queen" to say "Oh, that's good; 'mobled queen' is good." Shakespeare uses Polonius to mock his less sophisticated audience members,
"for yourself, sir, shall grow old as I am, if like a crab you could go backward", - Hamlet. He advanced towards Polonius, causing him to walk backwards.
"Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel?". Hamlet always pretended to be the madman in front of Polonius, while he actually made him look like an old fool
"Excellent well, sir. You are a fishmonger."
Misidentification alone with as well as the rest of Hamlet's crazed rambling in this scene, leave the audience disarmed in the next scene.
Actors perform a play presenting Cladius' murder of the king. The intensity of the play performance scene is a great contrast with the humor of Hamlet's mock madness in the preceding scenes.
Use of technology for comedic effect
Gravediggers
They are clowns, they take away from the seriousness of the play by discussing issues in clownish ways.
"Is she to be buried in Christian burial that wilfully seeks her own salvation?"
Adds nothing to the plot
Juxtaposition of death and comedy
Clowns were a common theme
To what extent are characters just for humour or for progressing the plot
Humour is needed
To blend comedy and tragedy together
Comedy is needed in tragedies for catharsis
Helps bring attention back to the play
Helps portray issues in a different way
The gravediggers