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Review Hamlet’s encounter with the Gravedigger and his thoughts regarding Yorick at the beginning of Act 5. Why might Shakespeare have chosen to include this darkly humorous scene here? The gravediggers” scene provides comic relief, but it also offers a…

Assail Attack with arguments, quest. ; have a powerful effect on Portentous Warns of evil; ominous Privy Privately informed of Invulnerable That cannot be injured Auspicious Of good omen for the future; favoring to success Obstinate Unyielding to reason or…

“Though this be madness, yet there is method in ‘t.” speaker: Poloniussituation: when he speaks with Hamlet in the hallnotes: there seems to be a method to what he is saying Hamlet: “Denmark’s a prison.” Rosencrantz: “Then is the world…

Hamlet and Laertes desire to avenge father’s death. they love Ophelia and mourn her death. Hamlet hesitates; Laertes seeks immediate action. Hamlet knows that Claudius is evil; Laertes is fooled. hamlet mocks Polonius; Laertes endures his father’s taunts Hamlet and…

Why does Polonius send Reynaldo to Paris? To spy on Laertes Briefly describe how Polonius suggests that “by indirection” Reynaldo might seek “directions out”. Thatis, how does Polonius suggest that Reynaldo gather information? By asking around, by discreetly. Don’t tarnish…

What theme is once again repeated in Hamlet rhyme “Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,/Might stop a hole to keep the wind away?” Doesn’t matter who you are, everyone comes out the same in the end, death (food for…

Hamlet The Prince of Denmark, the title character, and the protagonist. About thirty years old at the start of the play, Hamlet is the son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet, and the nephew of the present king,…

What message do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern carry to the King? What is the King’s response? Hamlet is confused but he doesn’t say why and won’t talk about how he feels. He doesn’t give them straight answers. King Claudius tells them…

Who are the ‘clowns’? Grave Diggers Whose skull is discussed between the clown and Hamlet? Yorick’s Whose ceremony is taking place in the cemetery at this time? Ophelia Why is the priest hesitant to perform a proper service for Ophelia?…

“Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth; and thus do we of wisdom and of reach, with windlasses and with assays of bias, by indirections find directions out:” Polonius to Reynaldo. Polonius instructs Reynaldo to spy on his…