| Claudius | Who has assumed the throne since King Hamlet died? |
| Gertrude | Who is the queen? |
| Cornelius and Voltemand | Who does the King send with a royal dispatch/letter? |
| King of Norway (Fortinbras uncle) | To whom is the letter sent? |
| stop advancing | What is contained in the letter? |
| Laertes | Who is the young nobleman that has requested an audience with the king? |
| France | To where is he bound? |
| Polonius | Who is the young man’s father? |
| he still wears black | Why does Claudius think Hamlet is still grief stricken? |
| Why the clouds still hang upon him | What does Queen Gertrude ask Hamlet? |
| inner sorrow is so great that his dour appearance is merely a poor mirror of it | What is Hamlet’s reply? |
| all fathers die | What does Claudius tell him? |
| Wittenberg for school | To where is Hamlet bound? Why? |
| to stay with them | What do both Claudius and Gertrude beg of Hamlet? |
| wedding | What celebration is going on? |
| 2 months | How long has it been since the death of King Hamlet? |
| Horatio | Who interrupted Hamlet’s soliloquy? |
| to tell Hamlet about the ghost | What do they want? |
| if they spoke to the ghost | What does Hamlet ask them? |
| to keep watch with them for his father’s ghost | What does Hamlet agree to do? |
Hamlet Act 1 Scene 2
August 31, 2019