Which quote demonstrates ambition and corruption as eventually meaningless? | “Where be your gibes now?… your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?” |
Which quote demonstrates that whilst meaningless, status still bears lasting effect? | “If this had not been a gentlewoman, she should have been buried out o’ Christian burial.” |
How does Hamlet acknowledge his own naivety and allude to Claudius’s eventual and inescapable downfall? | “…how the knave jowls it to the ground, as if it were Cain’s jawbone!” |
Which quote demonstrates the revealing nature of death and acts as an allusion to Polonius? | “It might be the pate of a politician, which this ass now o’er-reaches.” |
Which quote demonstrates Claudius’s obsession with Earthly materials and disregard for a higher spiritual or moral purpose? | “Her death was doubtful… that great command o’ersways the order….” |
Which quote finally demonstrates Hamlet’s blunt and real emotion? | “I loved Ophelia:” |
Which quote demonstrates again that religious authority is here arbitrary and is overruled by status, emphasizing the lack of purity within Elsinore? | “…great folk should have countenance in this world to drown or hang themselves more than their even- Christian.” |
Which quote again places true significance on moral, rather than material good? | “…there is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers and gravemakers…” |
Which quote connects to A1 S4 and so presents corruption and parasitic consumption as intrinsic? | “…a poured a flagon of Rhenish on my head once…” |
Which quote again demonstrates religious tradition as arbitrary in comparison to morals? | “A ministering angel shall my sister be When thou liest howling…” |
Which quotes venerate Ophelia and present her as God- like and pure? | “T’o’ertop old Pelion or the skyish head of blue Olympus.””And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring.” |
How does Hamlet argue his own capability for action? | “…though I am not splenitive and rash, Yet I have in me something dangerous…” |
How does Hamlet demonstrate his strength of love for Ophelia? | “I will fight with him upon this theme Until my eyelids will no longer wag.” |
Which quote demonstrates Hamlet’s belief in fate? | “The cat will mew, and dog will have his day…” |
Which quote demonstrates comeuppance for corruption? | “Is this the fine of his fines and the recovery of his recoveries[?]” |
Which three individuals does Hamlet reference in relation to the skull and how are they significant? | “politician… courtier… lawyer” These were all believed to be untrustworthy. The poor are ‘above’ them all now. Suggests eventual triumph of morality over corruption? |
HAMLET- Act 5, Scene 1 KEY QUOTES
July 18, 2019