| According to the second gravedigger, why is Ophelia, who committed suicide, being given a christian burial? | Because the king demanded it |
| What characterizes the gravedigger’s answers when Hamlet questions him? | He had grave humor (jokes about being dead/graves) |
| In the graveyard, as Queen Gertrude is scattering flowers on Ophelia’s grave, what does she say that she once hoped would happen? | That Hamlet and Ophelia would marry |
| What is Hamlet and Horatio’s attitude towards Osric? | They think that he is stupid and annoying |
| When does the audience find out what finally happened to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? | Towards the middle of act 5 |
| To what event is Hamlet referring to in his speech before the fencing match? “If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now: if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. Since no man knows aught of what he leaves, what is ‘t to leave betimes?” | His “To be or not to be” soliloquy |
| Why does Hamlet, dying, take the trouble to name a successor to the throne of Denmark? | So that there would be someone to the throne |
Hamlet Act 5 Questions
August 22, 2019