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Who is Claudius? Hamlet’s uncle What is the name of Hamlet’s mother? Gertrude Who is Bernardo? One of the soldiers who sees the ghost What is the name of the play performed for Hamlet’s uncle? The Murder of Gonzago What…

“A little more than kin and less than kind” [Hamlet, 1.2.67] Hamlet says this in an aside. It means that Claudius is both his uncle and stepfather, but a bad person. Here, kind has three meanings: the modern sense meaning…

How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2? A couple of months What is Polonius telling Reynaldo to do? What does this tell up about Polonius and his way of thinking and acting? He sends him to…

Where does Hamlet tell Claudius that Polonius is? At first he says “at supper” then he goes on to say that he’s near the stairs in the lobby Does Hamlet show remorse for killing Polonius? How can you explain Hamlet’s…

I do repent; but heaven hath pleas’d it so To punish me with this, and this with me That I must be their scourge and minister. That I will bestow him, and will answer well The death I gave him.…

Part 1 To be, or not to be, that is the question Part 2 Wether tis nobler in the mind to suffer or the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Part 3 Or to take arms against a sea of…

What does Hamlet compare Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to? Why? A sponge bc they “suck up” information and if you “squeeze” them they will give up info What does Claudius’s response when Gertrude tells him that Hamlet murdered Polonius? He says…

“that flesh is heir to- ’tis a consummation, devoutly to be wished! to die, to sleep” Hamlet “to be, or not to be, that is the question whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer…” Hamlet what does Ophelia try…

Mufasa The Ghost (dead King Hamlet) Sarabi Queen Gertrude Young Simba Hamlet (before learning of his father’s death) Scar King Claudius Hyenas Norwegians (Fortinbras’ men) Zazu Polonius Timon Rosencrantz Pumba Guildenstern Rafiki Horatio Nala Ophelia Older Simba Hamlet (after learning…

“Your bait of falsehood take this carp of truth” Said by: PoloniusTo Who: ReynaldoContext: Find out if Laertes is being a scumbag in France “By indirections find directions out” Said by: Polonius To Who: ReynaldoContext: Find out if Laertes is…