I need help prewriting. I am supposed to come up with a 5 page paper.
The prompt is: Identify moments of comedy in the play and how they function to support the theme of tragedy.
I need specific examples from the play.
So far I have a few ideas but I am not really sure how to connect them to the theme of tragedy.
-Unique mixture of merriment and solemnity
-Hamlet's pretended madness
-Hamlet mocking other characters verbal styles (ex. Conversation with Osric)
-Gravedigger scene
-Rosencratz and Guilderstein
-Polonius as a "senex"