What time does the play begin? | Midnight |
What are the three gentlemen doing in the beginning | talking about claudius |
what is it called when two characters are put together to compare them? | foiling |
what two characters are the fouls of hamlet | laertes and fortinbras |
how is ophelia a foil to hamlet? | they are both mad but ophelia is actually crazy while hamlet is faking it |
why do the king and queen ask rosencrantz and guildenstern to spy on hamlet? | they are his childhood friends |
who asks to go to france? | laertes |
according to polonius, why is hamlet mad? | because of his love for ophelia |
who tells hamlet he saw the ghost of his father? | horatio |
how quickly does gertrude marry? | one month |
why does laertes warn ophelia to stay away from hamlet? | he suggest that hamlet would never marry her because hamlet is considered royalty |
“be nie a borrower nor a lender” who says it? | polonius says this to Laertes |
why do the guards beg hamlet not to follow a ghost? | they don’t want him to get hurt |
“pies were served cold” what is it? | hyperbole |
“leave her to heaven” | said by King Hamlet to HamletHamlet |
acts of subterfuge | the lines inserted in the play |
how does ophelia use subterfuge? | she returns his love letters |
what is the biggest use of subterfuge in the play? | hamlet pretending to be mad |
where do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die? | England |
“Words without sincerity never reach heaven” who says it? | king Claudius |
why is hamlet mad at himself? | he is mad at himself because of his procrastination |
what is the title of the play? | mouse trap |
why does hamlet tell ophelia to go to a nunnery? | he doesn’t want her to breed sinners |
what is hamlets tragic flaw | procrastination |
why does king claudius send hamlet to england | to retrieve money |
whose idea is it to hide behind the curtain? | polonius |
how does gertrude die? | poisoned wine |
what does hamlet compare polonius to? | a sponge |
who says “now where my crown” | king hamlet |
what does claudius drop into the glass? | a poisoned pearl |
why does the king feel he can’t ask for forgiveness? | he killed his brother, took his brothers things, and married his brothers wife |
who wants to kill themselves at the end of the play? | horari |
when you possess a tragic flaw | hero must possess it and it must lead to downfall |
what does hamlet compare the death like state to | sleeping |
what are the whips and acorns in lofe | the hard times in lofw |
what is the tone of the passage | mourning |
Hamlet Review
September 11, 2019