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Hamlet talks to his father’s ghost and promises to get _______________. revenge The ghost reveals that he was killed by poison. . . poured in his ear while he slept. How are King Hamlet and Claudius related? brothers Who murdered…

Read each statement about Hamlet, and identify the critical lens the reader used to view the text.The motif of blood in the play highlights the destructive nature of revenge.Because Queen Elizabeth did not have an heir, audiences in Shakespeare’s time…

where did the ghost come from? purgatory who thinks the ghost is imagined? horatio what does the ghost do when he appears fixes his eyes upon the men who does the ghost say he is? “thy fathers spirit” who warns…

Okay so I took a different approach to the Fever Chart. What I did was I created two different lines, one for Hamlet’s true psychological state, and one for how others perceive his state to be. So here’s the thesis:…

Tragedy A literary work in which the protagonist meets an unhappy or disastrous end but faces the downfall in a heroic way. 7 parts of a tragedy Exposition, inciting force, rising action, climax (turning point), falling action, moment of final…

Is it important that this play begins with a question? Think about the tone that is set here—for this scene, and perhaps for the whole play. Come back to this opening line at various points in the play and after…

What message do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern carry to the King and Queen? What is their response? They tell them Hamlet wishes the King and Queen to see a play that night. They both accept. Hamlet’s famous “To be or not…

The message a text conveys about a topic is called the … Theme Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Hamlet: Am I not i’ the right, old Jephthah?Polonius: If you call me Jephthah, my lord, I have a daughter…

Why is Reynaldo obligated to follow Polonius’s instructions? Polonius is Reynaldo’s social superior. What does Polonius advise Reynaldo to do? spread rumors about Laertes Polonius’s instructions to Reynaldo demonstrate his belief that __________. one can use deception to uncover the…

The Ghost(King hamlet) Prince hamlet’s father, previous king of denmark, and husband to queen Gertrude Hamlet Prince of Denmark, son of queen Gertrude and king hamlet. Ophelia Prince hamlet’s love interest (sometimes), sister of laertes, and daughter of polonius Queen…