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Who’s grave are the men digging? Ophelia’s. Where does the first gravedigger go? To get some liquor. How long has the second gravedigger been in business? Since Hamlet was a child. Who’s skull does Hamlet hold up? Yorick, the court…

what did hamlet call rosencrantz and guildenstern? sponges because the soak up everything from him and the king wrings it out and is going to get tired of them and throw him away “the distracted multitude” the King. talking about…

“Therefore our sometime sister now our queen” King to Gertrude “Than is the throne of Denmark to thy Father” Laertes to King “Know your father lost father,/That father lost, lost him, and the survivor bound” King to Queen “My Fathers…

the quote that queen gurtrude says to hamlet about being sad, begins with “how is it” “how is it that the clouds still hang on you?” the quote that claudius says to hamlet, expressing that his lamenting will come to…

“Who’s there?” Bernardo to StrangerMeaning: Central question in the play and to the theme “Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen” Claudius to the courtMeaning: He married his brother’s wife and she is queen “Brevity is the soul of wit”…

First Sighting of King Hamlet’s Ghost Act I Hamlet’s Emo Monolouge about King Hamlet’s Death, his Mother’s Quickness to Marry & Suicide Act I Warnings to Ophelia about her Relationship with Hamlet Act I Laertes Leaves for France Act I…

And can you, by no drift of conference, Get from him why he puts on this confusion, Grating so harshly all his days of quiet With turbulent and dangerous lunacy? – speaker: Claudius- speaking to: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern- context: Claudius…

What mood is stressed at the outset of the play? Tension Why does marcellus tell horatio to speak to the ghost? Because he is a scholar and can speak latin, which is believed to be what the ghost speaks What…

Who said “To be or not to be, that is the question”? Hamlet Who was Hamlet saying “To be or not to be, that is the question” too? himself “To be or not to be, that is the question” (3)…

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s Report to the King and Queen Hamlet admits that he is depressed but won’t answer questions about why, specifically. Polonius, Claudius and Ophelia’s Plan Spy on Hamlet while he talks to Ophelia to see if he is…