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Hamlet (Elizabethan Era (British Renaissance) (Establishment of London,…
Hamlet
Elizabethan Era (British Renaissance)
Inspiration: Greek/Roman Antiguity
Rebirth of idea/ideology/philosophy
Monarchy at the helm of Queen Elizabeth I reign (50 years)
Establishment of London, England as an Empire of colonial prowess and global control
of human reassures/land & exploitation
Establishment of London, England as a cultural hub
Literature/art/architecture
Establishment of London, England
Theocracy
Religion/state/Queen
Powerful triad
Establishment of William Shakespeare
Playwright of the
Queen
Wrote 3 genres
Histories/comedies/tragedies
Establishment of a philosophy of
social ordering:
Great Chain of Being
Class Gender Love
Heirarchy
Power
Establishment of literary formulaic structure borrowed from the Greek philosopher:
Aristotle
Hubis - pride - man's greatest
flaw
Tragic hero (aristocracy) - noble in birth/moral
Tragic flaw (biological/innale)
Tragic fall (death)
Catharsis - (pity/sympathy)
Hamlet Senior
Gertrude