| What is the setting of Hamlet? | Denmark, Elsinor Castle |
| Who did Denmark battle and win against? | Norway |
| Who are the children of Polonius? | Laertes and Ophelia |
| What are the two themes in Act 1? | 1) appearance vs. reality2) grief vs. manliness |
| What is Wittenburg? | The school at which Hamlet Jr. and Horatio attend, very studious. |
| What does Hamlet compare life to in his first soliloquy? | An unweeded garden |
| Who says “Spmething is rotten in the state of Denmark”? | Marcellus |
| Who says this and what does this mean? “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown.” (46) | The ghost and it means that the person who killed your dad is now the king, meaning Claudius. |
| Who said this and what does this mean? “Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole, With juice of cursed hebona in a vial, and in the porches of my ears did pour the leprous distilment.” (68) | The ghost and it means Claudius poured poison in Hamlet Sr.’s ear, and it killed him while he was napping. |
| Who said this and what does it mean? “Sent to my account with all my imperfections on my head.” (87) | The ghost and he didn’t get to redeem his sins while he was alive so he had to go to Purgatory after death. |
| Who said this and what does it mean? “Meet it is I set it down that one may smile and smile and still be a villan.” | Hamlet and it means that people can be two-faced and fake. |
| Who said this and what does it mean? “There are more thing in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” (188) | Hamlet and it means that there are thing we cannot explain with science. |
| Who said this and what does it mean? “As I perchance hereafter shall think it meet to put an antic disposition on” (192) | Hamlet and it means be quiet about the ghost and he will be acting cray, but don’t tell anyone that he is acting. |
| Who said this and what does it meam? “Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan often loses itself and friend.” | Polonius and it means don’t borow or loan money because you could lose your money and friends. |
| What does the ghost look like? | Hamlet Sr. in full armour |
| Who is Hamlet referring to when he says “Frailty, thy name is woman!”? | Gertrude |
| What divine law does Hamlet regretfully have to follow? | He can’t commit suicide |
| Why does Shakespeare not get into what happens after purgatory? | To not make Catholics or Protestants mad |
| How did people say Hamlet Sr. died? | He was bitten by a poisonus snake |
| Why can’t Ophelia and Hamlet be together? | … |
Hamlet Act 1
September 9, 2019