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Who does Hamlet feel contempt for? Provide detailed reasons for his contempt. Claudius (and mother) because Claudius killed his father and quickly he and his mother got married Give examples of Polonius’s manipulation of different characters. Polonius sent his servant…

Where are Marcellus, Bernardo, and Horatio? Why are they there? How do you know this? S.1 Outside the castle (Elsinore)/ they’re guarding it from Norway/ the book Who is the most educated of the three? How do you know? S.1…

Long live the King! Bernardo to Franciscothe watchword(Act 1, Scene 1, Line 3) You are the most immediate to our throne King Claudius to HamletKing is telling Hamlet not to return to school(Act 1, Scene 2, Line 113) O, that…

Laertes thinks that Ophelia should have a better funeral service? what is the priest’s answer, she is lucky to be getting a nice a funeral as she is considering the “nature of her death” (committed suicide) why does hamlet jump…

What have Barnardo and Marcellus seen twice before during their watch? an apparition (ghost) Why does Marcellus ask Horatio to join in the watch? to prove to Horatio that the ghost really appeared What has young Fortinbras of Norway recently…

What does Gertrude tell Claudius and what does Claudius do? Gertrude told Claudius that he killed Polonius. With worry, Claudius thinks of a way to kill Hamlet without ruining his reputation. What is Claudius’s plan to kill Hamlet? He tells…

Which theme is best supported by the passage? Revenge is ultimately self-defeating. Which theme is best supported by the passage? Forgiveness can be more powerful than the desire for revenge. Write two to three sentences summarizing how the play develops…

what do rosencrantz and guildenstern report about hamlet to the king and queen? he is distract, but will not tell why does polonius tell ophelia to pretend to be reading a book of devotions? so hamlet does not think she…

What had Bernardo seen at a prior watch? A ghost. Why does Marcellus think Horatio should speak to the ghost? Horatio is the smarter one and knows Latin. Why does young Fortinbras want to do? His father was killed by…

how does Hamlet die? by who? stabbed by a poison sword by Laertes how does Laertes die? by who? stabbed through the middle with his poison sword by Hamlet how does queen gertrude die? by who? drank from a poison…