What is the controversy surrounding Ophelia’s death? | whether or not she committed suicide |
How does the fact that she is an aristocrat (gentlewoman) affect her burial? | she got a better burial than regular person who committed suicide would have gotten |
What are the puns involved in “lying”? | lying in a grave and telling a lie |
How old is Hamlet? | 30 |
There is a reference to one skull. Whose skull is it? | Yorik, the King’s jester |
What does the skull lead Hamlet to think about death? | That he doesn’t want to die |
What evidence is there that Hamlet really loved Ophelia? | He said he loved her |
Hamlet tells Horatio the whole story of the voyage to England. What happened? | He switched the letters so now R & G will be killed in England |
What happened to R and G? How does Hamlet feel about this? | They were killed in England. He doesn’t care |
What are Hamlet’s thoughts about Osric? | He thinks Osric is a suck up |
What does Horatio advise? | He can get Hamlet out of the fencing match |
What does “Not a whit, we defy augury” mean and what does the rest of Hamlet’s speech mean? | He is saying that it is important to be ready to die |
How does the King get the poison into the goblet? | a pearl |
Who dies next? How? | Queen Gertrude from drinking the poisoned drink. |
Who tells Hamlet that the foils were poisoned and that “the King, the King is to blame”? | Laertes |
How does the King die? | Hamlet forces him to drink the poison |
What does Horatio attempt to do? | Kill himself by drinking the poison |
Who says “Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”? | Horatio |
Who becomes King of Denmark? | Prince Fortinbras |
Who is left to tell the tale of Hamlet? | Horatio |
Hamlet Act 5
July 18, 2019