Flashback – an account of an event that happened before the beginning of the story. By revealing significant thoughts or experiences of a character’s life, a flashback can help readers understand a character’s present situation.
-“Now, Hamlet, hear. ‘Tis given out that sleeping in my orchard, a serpent stung me… But know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” – The Ghost (Hamlet, Act 1 scene 5)
- This flashback tells us that Hamlet’s father didn’t die from a snake, but was really killed by the new king, Claudius and Hamlet eventually seeks to avenge his father’s death and plans to kill his uncle.
-“Now, Hamlet, hear. ‘Tis given out that sleeping in my orchard, a serpent stung me… But know, thou noble youth, the serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” – The Ghost (Hamlet, Act 1 scene 5)
- This flashback tells us that Hamlet’s father didn’t die from a snake, but was really killed by the new king, Claudius and Hamlet eventually seeks to avenge his father’s death and plans to kill his uncle.
Dramatic Irony – when a reader or viewer knows something that the character does not know.
- “And that he calls for a drink, I’ll have prepared him, a chalice for the nonce, Whereon but sipping, If he had by chance escape your venomed stuck, our purpose may hold there.” – Claudius (Hamlet, Act 4, scene 7)
- After hearing this, the audience will know that Claudius and Laertes plan on poisoning Hamlet. Laertes is going to poison his sword, but incase he fails, Claudius will have Hamlet drink from a goblet that has been poisoned. Hamlet doesn’t know about either plan that they have to kill him.
- “And that he calls for a drink, I’ll have prepared him, a chalice for the nonce, Whereon but sipping, If he had by chance escape your venomed stuck, our purpose may hold there.” – Claudius (Hamlet, Act 4, scene 7)
- After hearing this, the audience will know that Claudius and Laertes plan on poisoning Hamlet. Laertes is going to poison his sword, but incase he fails, Claudius will have Hamlet drink from a goblet that has been poisoned. Hamlet doesn’t know about either plan that they have to kill him.
Mood – is the feeling or atmosphere that the writer creates.
- “Good Hamlet, cast thy knighted color off, and let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. Do not forever with thy vailѐd lids seek for thy noble father in the dust.” – Gertrude (Hamlet Act 1, scene 2)
- The mood that Shakespeare is trying to create here is sorrow for Hamlet. It makes the reader feel bad for him because he is still grieving over his father’s death.
- “Good Hamlet, cast thy knighted color off, and let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark. Do not forever with thy vailѐd lids seek for thy noble father in the dust.” – Gertrude (Hamlet Act 1, scene 2)
- The mood that Shakespeare is trying to create here is sorrow for Hamlet. It makes the reader feel bad for him because he is still grieving over his father’s death.
Surprise Ending – is an unexpected twist in the plot at the end of a story.
- “Let four captains bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage, for he was likely, had been put on, to have been proved most royally…Take up the bodies. Such a sight as this becomes a field, but here shows amiss. Go, bid the soldiers shoot.” – Fortinbras (Hamlet Act 5, scene 4)
- This was the last lines of the play Hamlet. It was a twist to have all the main characters die, even Hamlet. Fortinbras ended up becoming King of Denmark at the end and that was a surprise ending.
- “Let four captains bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage, for he was likely, had been put on, to have been proved most royally…Take up the bodies. Such a sight as this becomes a field, but here shows amiss. Go, bid the soldiers shoot.” – Fortinbras (Hamlet Act 5, scene 4)
- This was the last lines of the play Hamlet. It was a twist to have all the main characters die, even Hamlet. Fortinbras ended up becoming King of Denmark at the end and that was a surprise ending.
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