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Laertes Rosemary and pansies to remember his father Gertrude Fennel and columbines to symbolize adultery Claudius Rue to symbolize regret or repentance Ophelia Daisy to symbolize unhappy love/innocence Violets the flowers of faithfulness; all have withered with Polonius’s death

The play begins on the dark winter night outside Elsinore castle in Denmark as if you watchmen Bernardo and Marsellus and a friend of Prince Hamlet Horatio have a conversation. What is revealed in this conversation Marsellus and Bernardo said…

Assay To examine or analyze.S: evaluation, inspection Augment To make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; to increase.S: develop, strengthen Beguile To influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.S: mislead, deceive, entice Conceit An excessively favorable opinion of…

What is the setting of Hamlet? Denmark, Elsinor Castle Who did Denmark battle and win against? Norway Who are the children of Polonius? Laertes and Ophelia What are the two themes in Act 1? 1) appearance vs. reality2) grief vs.…

Denmark What country/location is the setting? Gertrude Old Hamlet’s first wife? Gertrude Who marries Claudius Young Hamlet Gertrude’s son Claudius Old Hamlet’s brother, Young Hamlet’s uncle, the current king Norway Where does Old Fortinbras rule as king? Young Fortinbras Old…

Summarize the King’s soliloquy in the beginning of this scene. The King, Claudius, talks about how his brother, Hamlet, has died. As a result, he is left to take the throne. What does Laertes want to do? Study abroad Why…

The famous line said by the Witches about good and evil? “Fair is foul and foul is fair” (Act 1, Scene 1) What does the Good is bad and bad is good The three prophecies Banquo receives? 1. Banquo will…

act a main division of a drama. Shakespeares’s plays consist of 5 allusion a reference to a literary or historical person or event to explain a present situation aside a brief remark made by a character and intended to be…

A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. Thunder. Enter the three WITCHES. Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed. FIRST WITCHThe tawny cat has meowed three times. Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined. SECOND WITCHThree times. And the hedgehog has…

What characters are introduced in scene one? The three witches How would you explain the line: “fair is foul and foul is fair”? The line is a paradox. Fair means good/right. Foul means bad/wrong/gross. They’re saying that being bad is…