ENG 110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Aeschylus, Irony, Frame Story
10 Sep 2017
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The fourth wall as border- shakespeare has hamlet speak across that border. Border between conceptions of what the self is and how it"s represented on stage, in text. A general overview of some chief concerns. Introduction: play opens with a question and keeps them coming right to the end. Is hamlet mad or only pretending to be: oscar wilde: are commentators on hamlet mad or only pretending to be? . Concealment, dissembling (conceal ones true motives, feelings, or beliefs: so much lies hidden, behind an arras, behind a false fa ade, behind language. Problem of reality: is/seems, is/is not, assume, shape, habit, put on/perform, clothing, costume, disguise/masquerade. Surveillance: watching and being watched, cf. Polonius to reynaldo: make inquire (2. 1. 4: i. e. spy on laertes for me in paris. Claudius to r&g: glean (2. 2. 16: glean = collect something bit by bit, i. e. , spy on hamlet for us. Claudius to gertrude: we shall sift him (2. 2. 58)
