What had Bernardo seen at a prior watch? | He had seen King Hamlet’s ghost. |
Why does Marcellus think Horatio should speak to the ghost? | Marcellus thinks Horatio should speak to the ghost because he is a scholar and should know the proper way to address a ghost. |
What does young Fortinbras want to do? | Fortinbras wants to regain the lands his father had lost. |
Who do the soldiers/guards want to tell about the ghost? | They want to tell Hamlet (King Hamlet’s son). |
Where does Claudius send Cornelius and Voltimand? | He sends them to Norway to ask the King to keep Fortinbras from going to battle. |
What does the King tell Hamlet? | He tells Hamlet to stop grieving for his father’s death, and to think of him as his father. |
Hamlet is upset for two reasons. What are they? | His father has died, and his uncle has married his mother less than two months after his father’s death. |
What news does Horatio bring Hamlet? | Horatio tells Hamlet about King Hamlet’s ghost. |
What does Hamlet decide to do after he hears Horatio’s news? | Hamlet decides to go on watch with the guards at midnight to verify Horatio’s news. |
What is Laertes’ advice to Ophelia? | He warns her to stay away from Hamlet and tells her to protect her virtue. |
Polonius gives a lot of advice to Laertes. Which of these statements is not part of that advice? | “Keep you in the rear of your affection. Out of the shot and danger of desire.” |
At the end of Scene III, Ophelia agrees to obey Polonius’ wish. What will she do? | She will stay away from Hamlet and reject his affections. |
What did the ghost tell Hamlet? | The ghost told Hamlet that King Hamlet was murdered by Claudius, and it asked |
Hamlet swears Horatio to two things. What are they? | Hamlet asks Horatio not to reveal the events of the evening, and to go along with him (Hamlet) if he pretends to be crazy. |
hamlet act 1 study guide
August 27, 2019