| What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern report to Claudius? | He is depressed and was excited about the players |
| What plan do Poionius, Claudius, and Ophelia now put into action? | Put ophelia and hamlet together and spie on them to see if hamlet is crazy because of love |
| What is the nature of Hamiet’s soliloquy? | Pros and cons of suicide |
| What is Hamlet’s main argument against suicide? | He doesnt know what comes next |
| Why does Hamlet treat Ophelia as cruelly as he does? What has changed him? | He thinks they’re being spied upon also he is acting crazy and his mothers hasty marriage has soiled his patience with women |
| What thinly-velled threat to Claudius does Hamlet voice, after he becomes aware of his hidden presence? | All will stay married but on |
| At the erid of the scene, what does the King decide to do with Hamlet? | Ship him to England |
| What gualtties in Horatio cause Hamlet to enlist his assistance?? | He is all around good and trustworthy |
| What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do? | Watch the kings reaction to the play |
| Summarize what happens in the play-within-a-play | The murder is acted out and the king freaks out |
| Why does Hamlet refer to the play-within-a-play as “The Mouse-trap”? | He is intending on catching a rat(the king) |
| How does the queen protect Hamlet? | Saying he murdered polonius because he is mad |
| What does Claudius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do? | Find the body |
| What does Hamlet mean when he calls Rosencrantz a “sponge”? | He takes in information on hamlet and the king wrings it out of him |
| Why does Claudius say he must hide the haste with which Hamlet is being sent away? | Hamlet is popular and he doesn’t want a revolution |
| What does Hamlet tell Claudius he has done with Polonius? | Put it in the lobby |
| What does Claudius happen to Hamlet when he arrives in England? | For him to be killed as soon as he hits the docks |
| Who does Hamlet meet in this scene? | Fortenbrass jrs general |
| What purpose unites Fortinbras’s troops? | To gain back land |
| What effect does this meeting have on Hamlet? | Makes him realize he needs to kill the king |
| What has happened to Ophelia? | Gone insane |
| Why does the Queen agree to see her? | Her son Hamlet is responsible |
| Why does Laertes break into Claudius’s chamber? | For an explanation of his fathers death and why it was covered up |
| what does Claudius tell Laertes | That it was a mistake to cover it up |
| What happens to Hamlet during his passage to England? | Pirates take him and return him to denmark |
| What does Laertes ask Claudius? | Why didnt you precede against my fathers murder |
| What is the King’s response? | The queen and the people love hamlet and he doesnt want a revolution to occur |
| what scheme is planned by Claudius and Laertes ? | Poison him during a fencing match |
| What is their backup plan? | Poison his wine |
| What news does the Queen hear? | Ophelia has drowned |
| The king freaks out after the play | … |
| Hamlet compares himself to a flute/pipe | … |
| He is not supposed to hurt his mother | … |
| Accompany hamlet to england (for the state of denmark) | … |
| To pray for forgiveness | … |
| Make sure he doesnt go to heaven | … |
| Be tough with hamlet | … |
| Hopes he killed claudius | … |
| Puts a mirror infront of her | … |
| Hes hurting his mother | … |
| Dont sleep with the king and dont tell him that hamlet is pretending to be insane | … |
Hamlet act 3&4
July 30, 2019