Hamlet Act 1 scene 3 CLOSE ANALYSIS notes

This 4-page PDF provides A Level candidates with detailed notes and prompts as they prepare to tackle close analysis. It guides them through how to consider the dramatic effectiveness of the scene within the context and structure of the world of the play and then drills deeper into the craft of the writer to examine the language choices, prosodic features, rhetorical patterning as well as glossing the meanings of words that are now archaic or have altered in meaning since the time of the play. The notes provide and exemplify the correct terminology students can use to write efficient and effective analytical responses.