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who is laertes sister? ophelia what does laertes warn ophelia about falling in love with Hamlet what is Polonius fatherly advice? to thine oneself be true what does polonius order ophelia tl do? break up with him, stop talking to…

O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! Is it not monstrous that this player, here But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit That from her working all…

1)What does Claudius reveal about how his fortunes have changed with the death of his brother? That he is now the King of Denmark, taking over Elders Hamlet position and that he has married his brothers wife, his former sister-in-law,…

What is the King’s main concern when he founds out that Polonius has been killed? himself Why does Claudius send R and G to meet with Hamlet once again? they want to know where the body is, Hamlet doesn’t trust…

What were rosencrantz and Guildenstern sent out to do? Was it successful? To figure out why Hamlet is crazy. it was unsuccessful Who are the players performing in front of? King, Queen, and Hamlet In act 3 sc 1 what…

Incontinentcy lack of sexual restraint[Polonius to Reynaldo, of Laertes] You must not put another scandal on him, / That he is open to incontinencyHam II.i.30 assay attack, attempt, trialWith windlasses and with assays of bias,Ham II.i.65 purport meaning, expression, effect[Ophelia…

(Scene 2)What majesty should be, what duty is,/Why day is day, night is night, and time is time./Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit/And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,/I will be brief Polonius says this to Gertrude talking…

A little more than kin and less than kind. A famous quote from the play; Hamlet makes a play on words to imply that Claudius is more than family (or kin) because not only is he Hamlet’s uncle, he is…

Who is on guard duty? where? Why has Horatio been asked to keep watch with the guards? Barnardo and Francisco are on guard on the platform at Elsinore. They ask Horatio to stay so that they can show him the…

What does Claudius admit to himself (and to the audience) about his crime That he has guilt over something, but we are not sure what it is yet List the personal grievances Hamlet expresses in his “To be or not…