| Why does this act open with Polonius and reynaldo? | Polonius is sending Reynaldo to France to spy on laertes to see if he is doing his work in college and not gambling or clubbing by asking others what he is doing and money and letters |
| How does the interaction between Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern help to explain what’s wrong with Hamlet? Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Denmark? | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are in Denmark because the king and queen asked them to come to Elisnore to kind a spy on him and see if they can get any clue to what’s wrong with him |
| Why Hamlet might be excited to see the group of traveler actors arrive at Elsinore | He had watch them before and he really like themDelievered a speech |
| Essay: 3 spying scenes who all was there? why they did it? | The first spying is when Polonius ask reynaldo to spy on laretesThe second spying scene is when king and queen get Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to try and see why he was acting weird. The third spying scene is when the king and polonius get Ophelia to talk to hamlet to test the theory of his mad love for her |
| “O, my lord, my lord, i have been so affrightened”Who said that? What does it mean? Who was it said too? | OpheliaShe had gotten so scaredPolonious |
| “This is the very ecstasy of love”Who said that? What does it mean? Who was it said too? | Polonius Its the most extreme loveOphelia |
| “Something have you heard of hamlets transformation”Who said that? What does it mean? Who was it said too? | KingThey have heard a little ab how he isnt the sameRosencrantz and Guildenstern |
| “But we both obey, and here give up ourselves, in the full bent, to lay our service freely at your feet, to be commanded.Who said that? What does it mean? Who was it said too? | GuildensternThey obey them and will do anything they want them tooKing |
| “he sent out to suppress his nephews Levies; which to him appeared to be a preparation against the polack, but better looked into, he truly found it was against your highness”Who said that? What does it mean? Who was it said too? | VoltimandWhat voltimand and cornelius found out at norway from trying to persuade fortinbras not to attack. CourtiersKing |
| “Lord Hamlet is a prince, out of thy star”Who said that? What does it mean? Who was it said too? | Polonius He is a prince and is too good for his daughter out of leagueKing and queen |
| “You know, sometimes he walks four hours together here in the lobby”Who said that? What does it mean? Who was it said too? | Polonius Queen |
| “Though this be madness, yet there is a method in it will you walk out of the air, my lord?”Who said that? What does it mean? Who was it said too? | Polonius There is some pattern to his crazinessHamlet |
| “Where you not sent for? Is it your own inclining? Is it a free visitation? Come, deal justly with me. Come, come! Nay, speak.”Who said that? What does it mean? Who was it said too? | HamletAsking if they were brought here be honest and telling them to tell the truthRosencrantz and Guildenstern |
| “What a piece of work is a man!”Who said that? What does it mean? Who was it said too? | HamletRosencrantz and guildenstern |
| “The play is the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king” | Hamlet |
| Why does Polonius think hamlet is mad? | Because once Ophelia rejected his love he went mad crazy in front of her and all the letters he wrote |
| Why have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern come to the castle | Because the king and queen brought them to see if they can find out what was wrong with her son |
| What is Polonius plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is love crazy | Hide behind a curtain wall and that aphelia talk to Hamlet and see if he reacts |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern finally made with hamlet and hamlet discovers they were set for by the king. How does hamlet describe his personal problems to them? What does he tell them? | He said his lost his happy disposition and neglected all this activities |
| What arrangement does hamlet make with player one? | That the next day they play the play the murder of gonzagoTo get his beard trimmed |
| After Rosencrantz and Guildenstern leave him what does he basically say in his soliloquy | That he is going to look at the Kings facial expressions toward the poison get poured in the ear |
| Where was ophelia when Hamlet confronted her | Sewing in her room closet |
| What did Hamlet call Polonius | Fishmonger |
| What does hamlet describe Denmark as | Prison |
| What does hamlet say about the wind | Mad by North Northwest |
ACT TWO: HAMLET
August 10, 2019