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Anticipatory Set- My Last Duchess/ Hamlet

Petri, Abigail

Created on October 6, 2025

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Transcript

...to be... or not to be...

...if they durst

My Last Duchess vs. Hamlet

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Comparisons

What do these two pictures have in common? Who has the power?

Recall...

  • The Duke describes his portrait of his Duchess
  • He says she is too friendly, and smiles at everyone
  • Out of jealousy, and desire for control, he gives commands and her smiles stopped---suggesting he had her killed/ he killed her.

Hamlet...

  • Hamlet- Prince of Denmark
  • His father, the King, recently died.
  • His mother, Gertrude just married his Uncle (...so now he's his funcle).
  • Hamlet meets his father's ghost, and finds out it is is Uncle Claudius that killed him.
  • Hamlet struggles with sadness, anger, and questions REVENGE

Comparison

On your half sheet of paper answer... If jealousy was a color, what would it be? Why?