HAMLET REMIX

- "The description of reality which changes the reality being described."
This image represents the concept of performative utterance. With his words, Martin Luther King Jr. was able to make a change by ultimately turning his words into action, which relates to the performative utterance in Hamlet.


 

- "Hamlet often speaks but never seems to actually act."

This image represents the fact that Hamlet was all about the talk, but never truly seemed to act (until much later in the play).                                                                        

Locutionary Force
- The ability of language to deliver a message.
- Locutionary force occurs when King Claudius informs both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about Hamlet's "transformation."

    

Illocutionary Force

- What is done in being said.

- Occurs when the ghost orders Hamlet to kill Claudius.

Perlocutionary Force

- What is achieved by being said (plays a major role in the play). 

- Occurs when Hamlet strives to follow the ghost's order to kill King Claudius.

Self-overhearing

 - Like in Hamlet, self-overhearing also occurs in everyday life. 

- Hamlet demonstrated self-overhearing through his soliloquies, where he expressed his innermost thoughts and feelings.