English a level - hamlet part a

dramatic/literary effects/techniques to remember

how can the drama of the whole scene be commented on

scene purpose/function

5 ways the actors voice contributes to drama

pace

tone

intensity

emphasis

sounds

5 literary devices that influence emphasis of line delivery

caesura

enjambment

iambic pentameter

rhythm

spondee: 2 stressed syllables

how can you comment on staging in a part a? give 3 examples

argue that dialogue lends itself to particular staging e.g. proxemics, level of light, props

what genre is Hamlet

tragedy

difference between soliloquy and meditation

meditation is in the presence of someone else

6 types of alliteration

p or b - plosive

s - sibilant

d or t - dental

g or r or c - guttural

similar vowel sounds across words - assonance

similar consonant sounds across words - consonance

what is blank verse

unrhyming lines written in iambic pentameter (how courtiers speak)

what is prose

lines written in ordinary form without metric structure (how Hamlet often speaks)

3 ways to comment on whole-text structure

climax

shifts in ideas

compare opening and ending

3 ways analyse sentence-level structure in Hamlet

short/long lines have different dramatic effects

rhyming couplets

blank verse or prose

3 types of form that create drama in Hamlet

soliloquys

meditations

dialogue