To whom does the ghost speak? | Hamlet |
How is Claudius related to Hamlet before marrying Gertrude? | Brother of former king; hamlet’s uncle |
What does Laertes tell Ophelia? | Not to fall in love with Hamlet |
Whom does the ghost ask for the second time he appears in the play? | Hamlet |
What does the ghost ask hamlet to do? | Avenge his death by murdering Claudius |
Who does Claudius ask to keep an eye on Hamlet | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern |
what reason does polonius offer for Hamlet’s madness | he is distraught over his father’s death |
Claudius is __ when hamlet decides he could kill him, but holds off | praying |
who overhears the “to be or not to be” speech in act 3 | polonius and claudius |
who killed hamlets father | claudius |
who kills polonius | hamlet |
where is polonius when he is killed | hiding behind a curtain |
why does claudius send rosencrantz and guildenstern to england | to spy on hamlet |
who does hamlet address in the graveyard, while holding the skull | yorick |
brevity is the soul of wit | polonius |
get thee to a nunnery | hamlet |
a little more than kin, and less than kind | hamlet |
frailty, thy name is a woman | hamlet |
a countenance more in sorrow than anger | horatio |
neither a borrower nor a lender be | polonius |
something is rotten in the state of denmark | marcellous |
what causes ophelias death | drowning |
o, woe is me/ to have seen what i have seen, see what i see | ophelia |
the lady doth protest too much, methinks | gertrude |
thought this be madness, yet there’s method in ‘t | polonius |
who becomes kind of denmark in the end of the play | fortinbras |
how did hamlet’s father die | poison |
where do rosencrantz and guildenstern die | england |
what does hamlet call polonius after finding him dead | an intruding fool |
how does hamlet cause the death of rosencrantz and guildenstern | he switches claudius’ papers |
At one point, Polonius is called a fool by Hamlet. Looking at Polonius’s place in this play,the dialogue he provides, and his relationship with other characters, how is this accurate orinaccurate? | Act one scene 3; polonius is always offering advice and doing shady things, but cannot take advice for himself; hamlet was correct |
What does Hamlet consider in his famous, “To be or not to be” soliloquy? What makes thisparticular soliloquy the most quoted in all of Shakespeare, in your opinion? Remember to usetextual support | act 3 scene 1; suicide; contemplating revenge or nah |
What is the purpose of the play-within-a-play? How does this fit into the context of this text? | act 3 scene 2; trick claudius into admitting; |
In the beginning of the play, the audience finds out Hamlet plans to feign madness. Howdoes this madness affect him throughout the play? Is it feigned or real? | act 2 scene 1; madness was intended, but turned real over time; was melancholy before |
Hamlet Assessment
September 7, 2019