Hamlet
Settings-
Denmark
Elsinore Castle
Poland/ England
Major characters-
Hamlet- Prince of Denmark " To be or not to be", victim/ hero
Claudius- villain, killed old king Hamlet
Polonius- Ophelia's father " take each man's censure , but reserve thy judgement."
Horatio- Hamlet's best friend
Laertes- Polonius' son, wants revenge
Minor characters-
Gertrude- Hamlet's mother
Ophelia- Hamlet's lover
The Ghost- Hamlet's dead father
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern- Hamlet's manipulative friends
Tone-
Irony- Hamlet accidentally killing Polonius, though thought to be Claudius
Contemplative- to be or not to be
Instructive- Polonius fatherly speech to Laertes
Catch 22-
Settings-
Europe
World War 2
Military camp
Major characters-
Yossarian- "running away to save my life" "man is garbage", crazy, wants to live
Milo- " everyone has a share", runs black market syndicate
Orr- Yossarian's roommate, always manages to survive, disappears, resurrects Yossarian's hope after thought to be still alive
Snowden- died, traumatized Yossarian
Colonel Cathcart- keeps raising numbers of missions
Chaplain- loses faith
General Dreedle and General Peckem- rivals
Captain black- hates Major Major for stolen job position
Tone- Satire/ Satiric tone- ridicules man is garbage (imagery)
Caustic- criticizes superiors as corrupt- Milo and Colonel Cathcart
Ironic- Doc Daneeka's mistaken death, 2 contradicting letters
Major events
Yossarian pretends to be crazy to avoid war, even messes with missions- maps/ intercom
Orr disappears
McWatt accidentally kills Kid Sampson, then flies into mountain to commit suicide
Snowden's death
Nately's death, his girlfriend wants to kill Yossarian
Yossarian given a catch 22 deal- ground him, promoted major, support colonels, takes deal safe takes deal sells out/ betrays soldier mates, doesn't has to keep flying missions, risk. Finds loophole and runs away instead.
