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Hamlet Intro.

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HAMLET

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Photo by mrtopp

THERE'S TROUBLE BREWING IN DENMARK

Photo by eimoberg

KING HAMLET HAS DIED SUDDENLY

Photo by alias archie

UNCLE CLAUDIUS HAS ASSUMED THE THRONE

(HE'S KING HAMLET'S BROTHER)

MEANWHILE...

PRINCE HAMLET, BACK FROM COLLEGE, BROODS OVER HIS FATE
Photo by yauhin1

QUEEN GERTRUDE

(HAMLET'S MOTHER) HAS MARRIED THE NEW KING
Photo by Prince_Hamlet

OPHELIA

(HAMLET'S GIRLFRIEND) HAS JUST DUMPED HIM ON ORDER FROM HER FATHER
Photo by snowstice

BUT WAIT...

IT GETS WORSE!

PRINCE HAMLET

DISCOVERS THAT HIS FATHER, KING HAMLET, WAS MURDERED

KING HAMLET'S GHOST

VISITS CASTLE ELSINORE
Photo by Prince_Hamlet

ASKING HAMLET

TO AVENGE HIS "MURDER MOST FOUL"
Photo by wi_sch

CLAUDIUS

MURDERED HIS BROTHER TO SEIZE BOTH WIFE AND CROWN

NOW IT'S UP TO HAMLET

TO SET THINGS RIGHT
Photo by dullhunk

HORATIO(BFF, OMG)

IS THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO KNOWS ABOUT CLAUDIUS' CRIME

HAMLET

CHOOSES TO PRETEND TO BE CRAZY
Photo by Junkill

THAT WAY

HE CAN ASK SNEAKY QUESTIONS W/O STIRRING SUSPICION

OTHER CHARACTERS

Photo by Tracy Lee

POLONIUS

KING (UNCLE) CLAUDIUS' ADVISOR, OPHELIA'S FATHER

LAERTES

POLONIUS' SON, OPHELIA'S BIG BROTHER
Photo by jeremysabol

ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN

COLLEGE "ASSOCIATES"...I DON'T TRUST 'EM!

YORIC

KING HAMLET'S JESTER, HAMLET'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND

GRAVE DIGGER

Photo by iammeegs

HERE WE GO!

Photo by Mark Klotz