hamlet admits to ophelia that he loved her once | true |
after hearing hamlets comment to ophelia cladudius decides to send him to england | false |
hamlet tells ophelia to watch for claudius reaction to the play | false- he tells horatio to watch for claudius’s reaction |
hamlet is rude to ophelia before the play begins | true |
the reaction of claudius during the play convinces hamlet that he is guilty | true |
in a soliloquy claudius admits to killing his brother | true |
hamlet doesn’t kill claudius when he has the chance because he thinks claudius is praying | true- he wants claudius to burn in purgatory like his father did and if he is killed why praying, his sins will be forgiven |
gertrude is unaware that polonius is hiding in her chamber | false |
the ghost appears to hamlet in the queens chamber | true- hamlet speaks to him and gertrude thinks he’s gone mad because she can’t see the ghost |
hamlet asks gertrude not to return to claudius’s bed | true |
when laertes gives ophelia advice regarding hamlet, about what is he primarily concerned | protecting ophelia and making sure she is happy and treated right. tells her that he may love her but may not be able to marry her. |
what current events are discussed among the guards and horatio as they await the ghost to appear | weapons being made, denmark fears being attacked by norway at any moment |
what reason does hamlet give in his first soliloquy for NOT committing suicide | … |
when polonius gives her the same advice about hamlet, what is he primarily concerned about | himself – he is worried about how he will be viewed |
polonius wants reynaldo to take money to laertes | true |
ophelia tells polonius that hamlet came into her room, started at her face, proclaimed his love, then left | false- he comes in her room and just stares at her, never says a word. his eyes are on her the entire time he is in the room |
claudius and gertrude want rozencrants and guildenstern to cheer hamlet up | false- they want them to spy on hamlet and see what is wrong with him |
fortnbras wants to take his army through denmark | true |
rozencrants and guildenstern admit to hamlet that they were summoned to denmark | true |
hamlet calls polonius jepthah | true- significant because it is a biblical reference where Jephthah’s daughter obeyed his every word, like Polonius and Ophelia |
hamlet says denmark is like hell | false |
one of the players recites a speech from a comedy | false- it is a tragedy, he begins to cry |
hamlet says that the ghost might be a devil that is trying to trick him | true |
hamlet wants to use the players in order to see if his mother has a guilty conscience | false- he wants to get a guilty reaction from Claudius to confirm that he killed hamlets father. also wants to show how upset he is with his mother about her marriage. |
gertrude tells claudius hamlet killed polonius in self defense | false |
hamlet calls rosencratz a sponge | true- this is an insult |
hamlet tells rosencratz and guildenstern that polonius is at supper | true |
fortinbras defies claudius and marches his troops through denmark | false |
finding out that hamlet killed her father contributes to ophelia madness | false- ophelia doesn’t find out that hamlet killed polonius |
when laureates returns, some shout “laureates shall be king” | true |
hamlet instructs horatio to allow the seafaring men to give claudius letters he has sent | true |
cautious tells laureates he hasn’t acted because he doesn’t want to hurt gertrude | true |
laertes plans to kill hamlet with a poisoned sword | true |
clauduis plans to kill laertes with a poisoned drink | false- he plans to kill hamlet with a poisoned drink if laertes doesn’t come through with the poisoned sword. its a back up plan |
gertrude tells laureates that ophelia fell from a bridge and drowned in a brook | false |
who is yorick | … |
why were ophelia burial rites abnormal | she committed suicide |
how does hamlet cause the deaths of rosencrats and guildenstern | he switches the letters claudius sent to have him killed and said to kill the people who delivered the letter to hamlet |
what is gertrudes cause of death | she drank the poisoned drink meant for hamlet |
who becomes king | fortinbras |
hamlet is a revenge play inspired in part by thomas kyd’s spanish tragedy | … |
setting | denmark, about 1200 |
the hamlet “problem” | his inability to take decisive action his treatment of ophelia his madness (real or not) |
watch for … | foils to hamlets character theme of appearance vs reality shakespeare use of irony hamlet the victim vs hamlet the tragic hero whats rotten in denmark |
hamlet test
August 6, 2019