Lit 12 - Dec. 20 Advice for Quote Test

Structure
- what do you know about it?
intro - feeds the rising action
- provides motivation
- sets up the action for the rest of the play
- gives us back story
-read over your package

Character
- all adjectives come to play
- speech style
- motivation
- interaction with others

Theme
- human nature is revealed!

Use quotes from the excerpt to prove your point
Strong introductory sentence/ strong conclusion


Example of a response to structure:

1. Explain how the following action contributes to the dramatic structure of the play:

Queen: One woe doth tread upon another’s heel,
So fast they follow: your sister’s drown’d, Laertes.
(IV vii 162-163)

Student Analysis: This quote, which occurs after Laertes has returned from France in the last scene of Act IV, contributes to the dramatic structure of the play. Laertes, on his return, learns of his father's murder. Now, the Queen tells him of Ophelia's death. As indicated, Laertes faces grief for his sister and father and anger for their deaths. Here Laertes is established as Hamlet's nemesis, he has a justification for the revenge. This quote sets up the plot for the conclusion, which follows in the next act. Laertes' grief can be compared to Hamlet's at the start of the play when he was encouraged by an instrument of the devil to avenge his father's death. With Claudius' encouragement, Laertes is firmly set up as Hamlet's nemesis, illustrating the important role he will have in the conclusion of the play.

Matthew Squire