| 1. true 2. false 3. true 4. false 5. true | 1. the king, Claudius, has married his brothers widow.2. Claudius grants Hamlet permission to return to wittenburg.3. Claudius grants Laretes permission to return to France.4. laretes and ophelia are cousins. 5. Horatio advises Hamlet not to follow the ghost bc he fears Hamlet will die. |
| 6. false 7. true 8. false | 6. the ghost asks Hamlet to avenge his death by killing claudius and gertrude 7. polonius and claudius plan to eavesdrop on a meeting b/t hamlet and ophelia 8. Hamlet tells R&G that he is depressed because of ophelia |
| 9. true 10. true 11. true | 9. hamlet plans to stage a play before claudius, reenacting his fathers death 10. the kings reaction to the play confirms the truth of what the ghost said 11. when hamlet kills polonius, he thinks it might be claudius hiding behind the curtain |
| 12. false 13. false 14. true | 12. when the ghost reappears in gertrude’s room, she can hear what it says 13. hamlet says he will trust R&G to protect him on the trip 14. gertrude tells claudius that hamlet is completely mad |
| 15. true 16. false 17. true | 15. hamlet apologizes to laertes before the fencing match 16. laertes thanks the king for the honorable burial given polonius 17. hamlet wants fortinbras to be the next king of denmark |
| 18. true 19. true 20. true 21. true | 18. laretes agrees to a fencing match w Hamlet 19. the grave being dug by the gravediggers is for ophelia 20. the land that fortinbras wants was lost to king hamlet by king fortinbras 21. gertrude dies by by drinking poisoned wine |
| 22. true 23. false 24. false 25. true | 22. hamlet dies of a wound from laertes poisoned sword 23. laretes dies of drinking from the poisonous cup 24. horstio commits suicide 25. laertes seeks revenge for his fathers death |
| 26. hamlet 27. claudius 28. gertrude 29. little hamlet 30. king hamlet | 26. tragic hero27. uncle / father 28. wears an image of claudius 29. wears an image of king hamlet 30. wins norway’s lands from king fortinbras |
| 31. gertrude 32. ophelia 33. laretes 34. laretes 35. polonius | 31. hamlets asks her not to spread compost of the weeds 32. obedient & not strong33. thinks claudius kills polonius 34. goes to france 35. gives good advice but doesn’t see things clearly |
| 36. horatio 37. R&G 38. claudius 39. hamlet 40. hamlet | 36. is with hamlet in the cemetery 37. unknowingly deliver an order or execution 38. is upset by the play mousetrap 39. is upset about the fall of troy 40. commits an act of violence out of anger which causes more death |
| Hamlet – speaking to claudius | “A little more than kin and less than kind” (1.1) |
| Hamlet | “O that this too, too solid flesh would melt ..” (1.2) |
| Hamlet – mad at gertrude, saying she’s weak | “Frailty, thy name is woman” (1.2) |
| Polonius – speaking to Laertes, giving college advice | “This above all else: to thine own self be true” (1.3) |
| marcellus – saying denmark is decaying (theme of play) | “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (1.4) |
| Hamlet – mad that he has to fix things | “the time is out of joint, O cursed spite, that ever i was born to set it right” (1.5) |
| polonius | “…brevity is the soul of wit” (2.2) |
| polonius – saying hamlets acting crazy | “though this be madness, yet there is method in’t” (2.2) |
| hamlet – talking about fall of troy | “speak the speech, i pray you …” (3.2) |
| hamlet – talking about mousetrap | “The play’s the thing, wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king” (2.2) |
| claudius – praying | “O, my offense is rank, it smells so heaven” (3.3) |
| gertrude – talking about the play | “the lady doth protest too much methinks” (3.2) |
| hamlet | “how all occasions do inform against me, And spur my dull revenge!” (4.4) |
| claudius | “there’s such divinity doth hedge a king” (4.5) |
| hamlet – when he’s contemplating | “Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him horatio” (5.1) |
| hamlet – horatio | “there’s a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough – hew them how we will” (5.2) |
| Horatio | “Now cracks a noble heart” (5,2) |
| polonius | “Neither a borrower not a leader be; for loan off loses both itself and friend and borrowing dulls the edge husbandry” (1.3) |
| Hamlet – R&G | “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” (2,2) |
| Hamlet | “what a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in from and moving how Express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a God! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!” (2.2) |
| Ophelia | “Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind” (3.1) |
| Hamlet – R&G | ” I will speak daggers to her, but use none” (3.2) |
| Claudius | “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions” (4.5) |
| innocence | -his fathers death -his mother’s new marriage |
| problems | -has to get revenge, but not harm his mother -prove the ghost is honorable & claudius is guilty |
| where does humor occur in the play? what kind of humor is it & for what purpose | -after any tragedy (sad scene)-verbal irony to lighten the mood |
| how successful is hamlet at accomplishing revenge? | -he is successful b/c he did no harm to his mother and killed claudius |
| hamlet’s mistakes | 1. doesn’t kill claudius when he has the chance 2. kills polonius 3. Trusting claudius & laertes |
| hamlets achievements | 1. mousetrap 2. discovers his letter of execution & switches them3. kills claudius |
| laertes (poetic justice) | killed by his own treachery (poisoned blade) |
| gertrude (poetic justice) | choices her husband over hamlet but dies because of claudius’ poison |
| claudius (poetic justice) | he is killed by the son of the man he killed (poisoned & stabbed) |
| R&G (poetic justice) | delivered their own execution |
| exposition | -ghost appears, hamlet must get revenge -meet characters |
| exciting force | Hamlet has to get revenge on claudius & not harm his mom |
| climax | the mousetrap |
| falling action | -killing of polonius-ham kills claudius -ophelia dies/ acts mad -hamlet and laretes duel -Hamlet sent to england -R&G die – Hamlet sent to England- gertrude dies |
| resolution | -everyone dies -fortenbras becomes next king of denmark |
| rising action | -R&G spy -Hamlet acts crazy |
| quote 1 “there is something rotten in the state of Denmark” | This line is spoken by marcellus after the ghost of former king hamlet appears. it describes the theme of the play which is significant because denmark is decaying, or being exposed to political corruption under claudius’ rule. he has killed the former king hamlet, and married his widow two months later. |
| quote 2 “the plays the thing, wherein i’ll catch the conscience of the king” | this is said by hamlet speaking about the mousetrap. this is significant because the play is where hamlet finds out the ghost was telling the truth, and claudius actually murdered the king by putting poison in his ear. |
| hamlet is a tragic hero | hamlet is a tragic hero because he is the prince of denmark who suffers from procrastination. Hamlet is told by the ghost of king hamlet, that he must avenge his death but not harm his mother. although hamlet does end up killing claudius, gertrude still dies, and hamlet dies as well leaving fortinbras as the new king of denmark. |
Hamlet
November 2, 2019