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HAMLET 8 Quotes HAM “Tis an unweeded garden / That grows to seed, things rank and gross in nature possess it merely.” HAM “Taint not thy mind.” HAM “That one may smile, and smile, and be a villian!” HAM “Sith…

Yorick’s Skull The most obvious symbol in the play—and perhaps in Shakespeare’s entire body of work—this represents mortality. Should the audience have any question about this symbolism, Hamlet explains it to them (and Horatio) when he says, “No matter one’s…

blank verse unrhyming iambic pentameter10 syllables Voltimand and Cornelius Courtiers whom Claudius sends to Norway to persuade the king to prevent Fortinbras from attacking. Reynaldo Polonius’s servant, who is sent to France by Polonius to check up on and spy…

So excellent a king, that was to thisHyperion to a satyr. So loving to my mother that he might not beteem the winds of heaven visit her face too roughly.—Heaven and earth, must I remember? Why, she would hang on…

At the end of Act 4 Scene I, King Claudius has decided to _______. ship Hamlet out of the country The grounds for Hamlet’s friendship and admiration for Horatio are that Horatio ____. has been true to Hamlet The best…

In Act I, what mood does Shakespeare establish in Scene 1? The opening scene creates a dark, suspenseful, and foreboding mood–details such as late night, the severe cold, the guards’ fear and confusion. In Act I, Scene 2, Claudius urges…

Where do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern first appear? In Shakespeare’s Hamlet What is the primary action of Hamlet? A danish prince , Hamlet, is charged by the ghost of his own father with getting revenge on the dead king Hamlet’s brother…

“Custom hath made it in him a property of easiness” Horatio to Hamlet about the grave digger- he’s used to death and digging graves is easy for him “Alas, poor Yorkick! I knew him, Horatio… to this favour she must…

Claudius re King’s death Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother’s death/ The memory be green, and that it us bequitted Claudius re Recent Marriage Therefore, our sometime sister, now our queen,/ The imperial jointress to this warlike state Claudius…

Use the drop-down menus to answer the questions about the passage.Which key words in the passage help you identify the tone?What connotation do these key words have? “best,wicked,”and “shameful”negative Which words best describe the tone of the passage? angry and…