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HAMLET (First remark: A little more than kin and less than kind. (little…
HAMLET
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He is both exited and somewhat desperate to hear from his father when he is first told about the ghost: The King my father! and For God's love let me hear!
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Is a repetition of Horatio's My lord, the King your father
When H is first seen, he is silent on stage for some time; he is mostly listening to Claudius - offers ideas about spying and secrecy?
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His stage presence marks him out as separate e.g. as he is wearing black the Queen says cast thy nighted colour off p. 46
Sarcastic tone, passive agressive commets
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During the first (public) scene he is well-mannered and greets everyone, yet still maintains a bitterness to his mother and uncle: the funeral baked meats/ Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
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H does not appear in 1,1 - does this suggest that he is not very important - more of an instrument than an agent?
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H seems quite sullen w. his sarcastic remarks - marks him out + demonstrates a lack of respect for his new king + the marriage
He would not be expected to use differential language- but he makes a point of not doing so, which is important as this is a public scene. But he does conform to expected language towards end: I shall in all my best obey you, madam.
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Suicidal: p. 48: O, that this too solid flesh would melt - first insight into his true emotions
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H makes a point of expressing his grief, p.46: 'Seems', madam? Nay, it is, I know not 'seems'.