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List three of William Shakespeare’s major tragedies other than Romeo and Juliet. MacBeth, Hamlet, and Othello What country does Hamlet take place in? Denmark Who is the Ghost that the guards have seen? King Hamlet How is the Ghost dressed?…

Francisco and Marcellus guard the castle; its midnight, cold, foggy What is the scene as the play opens? they just saw a ghost who looks like the late King Hamlet; and war is looming Why are the soldiers uneasy? they…

Act 1 Scene 1: Ghost of Hamlet Sr. comes onto the sceneWe find out that Denmark is preparing for an impending invasion by NorwayHoratio and the castle guards witness the ghost’s appearance and try to speak with him Act 1…

Act IV, Scene I Summary Gertrude reports Polonius’s death to Claudius, who sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet and recover the body. Whom does Gertrude rush to see after Polonius is killed? Claudus What does Gertrude compare herself to?…

who is the Prince of Denmark who has lost his father? Hamlet Who is Lord Chamberlain and chief councelor to Claudius? Polonius who is the daughter of Polonius Ophelia who does Polonius send to Paris to report on laertes conduct?…

“Our sometime sister, now our Queen” Claudius in beginning speech “A little more than kin, and less than kind.” Hamlet in aside while with Claudius “Seems, madam! Nay, it is; I know not “seems” Hamlet to Gertrude “O, that this…

What ingredients go into the witches’ stew? What symbolic purpose does this vile concoction serve? intestines, slice of snake, eye of newt, snake tongue, lizard, baby owls wing, etc. the purpose is to show how evil the witches are by…

“He unseam’d him from the nave to the chops” Act 1 Scene 2 (Sergeant about Macbeth) “So foul and fair a day I have not seen” Act 1 Scene 3 Macbeth (repetition of the witches) “Present fears are less than…

What does the line “Fair is foul, and foul is fair.” mean? The witches like the struggle between good and evil. What 2 countries are involved in a war? Norway & Scotland Who is Macdonwald? What happened to him? -Macdonwald…

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