| What does Renaissance mean? | Rebirth |
| Humanism | art and literature can be for fun |
| Utilitarian | teaches a lesson |
| Elsinore | The castle |
| Armed | the ghost has armor on |
| Laertes | polonius’s son |
| Cornelius/Voltemand | delivered the letter to Norway to tell on Fortinbras |
| Niobe Allusion | Gertrude was all tears at the funeral but partying at the reception |
| Analogy hamlet uses saying claudius isn’t like hamlet sr | hamlet isn’t like hercules |
| when hamlet says frailty thy name is woman | gertrude |
| something is rotten in the state of denmark | marcellus |
| be thy intent wicked or charitable | hamlet to the ghost |
| what does hamlet compare life to | unweeded garden |
| be thou familiar but by no means vulgar | be careful who youre friends with but be friendly…polonius |
| those friends thou hast and their adoption tried, grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel | keep your good friends close….polonius |
| give every man thy ear but few thy voice | listen to everyone but don’t reveal stuff about people…..polonius |
| neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan often loses both itself and friend | don’t lend money to people or borrow money because it can ruin a friendship….polonius |
| this above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night te day thou canst not then be false to any man | be true to yourself and you will be true to others…polonius |
| the serpant that did sting thy fathers life now wears his crown | the people of denmark think that hamlet sr was killed by a snake bite but claudius killed him..hamlet sr |
| upon my secure how thy uncle stole with juice of cursed hebona in a vial now wears his crown | claudius poisons hamlet with hebona and poured it into his ear while he was sleeping….hamlet sr |
| sent to my account with all my imperfections on my head | hamlet says he died without confession..hamlet sr |
| meet it is i set down that one may smile and smile and smile and still be a villian | people can be fake and two faced…hamlet jr |
| there are more things in heaven and earth, horatio than are dreamt of in your philosphy | he saw the ghost so you should’t forget the spiritual side of things …hamlet jr |
| the time is out of joint o cursed spite that ever i was born to set it right | hamlet is second guessing whether or not he is right guy for the job…hamlet jr |
Hamlet Act 1
July 25, 2019