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Why are people confused about Ophelia’s death? They don’t know if she killed herself or not What is one theme in Hamlet that’s shown through the play? Danger of revenge Who accidentally drinks the poisoned wine? Gertrude What is foreshadowed…

Bernardo Guard at Castle Elsinor- sees Ghost & reports to Horatio Francisco Guard at Castle Elsinor- also sees Ghost & agrees they should tell Horatio Marcellus Captain of Guard at Castle Elsinor- watches with Horatio Horatio Nobleman who is Hamlet’s…

Consider the Gravedigger’s scene (5.1.1-223): Why is Hamlet unsettled by the Gravedigger’s singing? -“has this fellow no feeling of his business? he sings in grave-making.”: supposed to be a gloomy dark job bc his job deals with dead people but…

Summarise the events of the scene. On the bitter cold ramparts, Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus keep watch. Meanwhile, from inside the castle they hear the roar of revelry. Hamlet condemns Claudius’s constant merry-making, saying that it makes the noble Danes…

Which quote demonstrates Gertrude’s focus on appearances but also her love for Hamlet? “Lives almost by his looks…” Which quote demonstrates Hamlet, not Claudius, in reality gives Gertrude purpose, as Polonius gave Ophelia purpose? “…the star moves not but in…

Marcellus, Barnardo and Francisco The officers who saw the ghost first Horatio A good friend of Hamlet, from the university at Wittenberg, who came to Elsinore Castle to attend King Hamlet’s funeral. King Hamlet Father of Hamlet, poisoned in ear…

Who overhears the to be or not to be soliloquy in act three Polonius and Claudius Polonius forbade Ophelia from seeing hamlet because he felt Hamlet was only after one thing King Hamlet was murdered By poison in his ear…

The clowns (gravediggers) discuss where and how Ophelia is to be buried. How does the issue of suicide affect the burial? If Ophelia committed suicide, according to Christian practices of the time she would not be buried in the consecrated…

“Angels and ministers of grace, defend us! invocation He is terrified and is calling out for protection from the supernatural Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself. metaphor He is scared and is asking whomever or whatever is approaching to…

1. What plan does Polonius concoct using Reynaldo? Be specific with what he is having Reynaldo do…What kind of person does this make Polonius? Polonius makes a plan where Reynaldo has to spy on Laertes to see if he’s up…