英文文學作品導讀二
大面授講義
主講教師：廖高成
面授教師：廖高成
日期：2004.5.22; 6.12
[I.i]
1.1.1 The opening scene with suspicion
1.1.2 The entrance of Horatio and Marcellus
1.1.3 The timing of the ghost’s appearance
1.1.4 The ghost hints a ill omen of Denmark
1.1.5 The ghost’s refusal to answer implies Hamlet’s later involvement
1.1.6 The implication of supernatural occurrences
1.1.7 The purposes of the opening scene
1.1.7.1 Exposition
1.1.7.2 Suspension
1.1.7.3 Introduction to Horatio
[I.ii]
1.2.1 The King’s public address
1.2.2 Hamlet’s appearance
1.2.3 Gertrude’s impassively response to Hamlet’s sorrow
1.2.4 The King’s response to Hamlet’s grief
1.2.5 Hamlet’s soliloquy about his father’s death and mother’s remarriage
1.2.6 Horatio tells Hamlet his father’s spirit
1.2.7 Comparison between Claudius and Hamlet
[I.iii]
1.3.1 Laertes’s leave
1.3.2 Polonius prohibits Ophelia from contacting Hamlet
[I.iv]
1.4.1 Claudius’s habitual drinking
1.4.2 Shakespeare’s idea of the tragic flaw reveals in the drunkenness
1.4.3 The appearance of the ghost
[I.v]
1.5.1 The ghost unfolds to Hamlet his identity
1.5.2 Hamlet’s resolution to revenge
1.5.3 Hamlet’s keeps his plan in secret and decides to play madness
1.5.4 Hamlet’s delay in carrying out the revenge
1.5.4.1 The uncertain nature of the ghost
1.5.4.2 Hamlet’s melancholic and unstable nature of mind
[II.i]
2.1.1 Ophelia told Polonius Hamlet’s insanity
[II.ii]
2.2.1 The King summons Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to detect the true cause of
Hamlet’s transformation
2.2.2 Polonius told the King his idea about Hamlet’s madness
2.2.3 Polonius “proves” Hamlet’s insanity to the King
2.2.4 Hamlet’s dialogue with Rosencrantz is more normal than his previous remarks
with Polonius
2.2.5 Rosencrantz calls a company of actors to entertain Hamlet
2.2.6 Hamlet’s soliloquy
2.2.6.1 About the actors
2.2.6.2 About himself and his intention
[III.i]
3.1.1 Hamlet’s soliloquy and his gibberish to Ophelia
[III.ii]
3.2.1 Hamlet asks Horatio to pay attention to the King’s facial appearance
3.2.2 The dumb show
3.2.3 The name of the play: “Mouse-trap”
3.2.3 The fierce reaction of the King
[III.iii]
3.3.1 The king’s soliloquy
3.3.2 Hamlet’s delay of revenge: the suitable time for revenge
[III.iv]
3.4.1 Hamlet’s conversation with his mother
3.4.2 The ghost asks Hamlet to sharpen his will and to guide his mother
3.4.3 Hamlet’s advice to his mother
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[IV.i]
4.1.1 The queen does not let out Hamlet’s intention to the King
4.1.2 The king conceals his intention to kill Hamlet under the mask of father love
[IV.v]
4.5.1 Ophelia becomes insane
4.5.2 Laertes takes the king to be the killer of Polonius
[IV.vii]
4.7.1 The king explains his ineffable difficulties in punishing Hamlet
4.7.2 The king and Laertes scheme to kill Hamlet in a duel
4.7.3 Ophelia’s death
[V.ii]
5.2.1 Hamlet tells Horatio about his survival from the trip to England
5.2.2 The duet between Hamlet and Laertes
5.2.3 Death of the queen
5.2.4 Laertes and Hamlet wound each other
5.2.5 Hamlet wounds the king
5.2.6 Fortinbras witness the catastrophe
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