Hamlet - Revenge Themes
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Year 9
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An exam-style worksheet analysing the theme of revenge in Shakespeare's Hamlet, including an extract and analytical questions.
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Hamlet - Revenge Themes
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Revenge in Hamlet
To be, or not to be: that is the question: / Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, / Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, / And by opposing end them. To die: to sleep; / No more; and by a sleep to say we end / The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation / Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; / To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; / For in that sleep of death what dreams may come / When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, / Must give us pause: there’s the respect / That makes calamity of so long life; / For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, / Th’oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, / The pangs of dispriz’d love, the law’s delay, / The insolence of office and the spurns / That patient merit of th’unworthy takes, / When he himself might his quietus make / With a bare bodkin?
1.
Identify one literary device used in the opening line 'To be, or not to be: that is the question.'
[2 marks]2.
What is the main theme discussed in this extract?
[2 marks]3.
Explain the significance of the phrase 'the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune'.
[3 marks]4.
Identify and explain the use of any two literary techniques in the extract.
[4 marks]5.
What does Hamlet mean by 'to take arms against a sea of troubles'?
[2 marks]6.
Discuss the significance of 'perchance to dream' in the context of Hamlet's soliloquy.
[3 marks]7.
Analyse the tone of this soliloquy and how it relates to Hamlet's character.
[4 marks]8.
Identify one stage direction included in the extract and explain its importance.
[2 marks]9.
Describe how the extract explores Hamlet’s view of death and what it reveals about his internal conflict.
[4 marks]10.
In the context of the extract, what does Hamlet mean by 'the heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks'?
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