HAMLET

ALLUSIONANACHRONISM

ASIDEDRAMATIC FOIL

DRAMATIC IRONYMONOLOGUESOLILOQUY

TRAGIC FLAW

Monologue

– One person making a long speech to at least one other person. {Act I, Scene 2, L.1}

“The State of the Union Address”

Soliloquy

– One person making a long speech all alone. It informs the audience of a character’s thoughts. {Act I, Scene 2, L.129} Bernie Mac Show

Aside

– A comment made that certain characters can’t hear, though right next to the speaker. It allows the speaker to inform the audience and/or another character of a thought. {Act 1, Scene 2, L.65}

Malcom in the Middle or Scrubs

Dramatic Irony

– The audience knows something that a character or characters doesn’t know. {We know Hamlet is pretending to be crazy.}

Hannah Montana Show (alias Miley Stewart)

Anachronism

– Reference to something out of place or time with the setting of the piece of literature. {The traveling group of performers that was in Shakespeare’s (Renaissance) time, not in Medieval times, which is the setting of Hamlet.} Back to the Future

Allusion

– A reference to a well-known person, event, piece of literature, etc. {Act I, Scene 1 - Reference to Julius Caeser.}

The Simpsons

Tragic Flaw

– A character trait that leads to a character’s downfall. {Hamlet procrastinates in taking action about his father’s death.}

Students procrastinating with their school work.

Dramatic Foil

– Two characters have an opposing trait or traits, often in similar situations, which emphasize each other’s trait or traits. {Fortinbras and Hamlet}

Pinky and the Brain

3 Steps to Creating a Controlling Idea

  Step 1: Underline or Highlight the

subject of the controlling idea

Step 2: Change the subject into a question (i.e. What do the passages teach about fear?) (fear is the subject).

Step 3: The controlling idea should be an answer to the question in step 2.

Literary Device/Element

Read through the passages and underline, star, circle, etc. literary elements and devices.

Choose one element or device from one of the passages to discuss.

List specific examples of the use of the element or device in the passage.