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Good gentlemen, give him a further edge and drive his purpose into these delights. King (Claudius)Rosencrantz and GuildensternEncourage the Play And for your part, Ophelia, I do wish that your good beauties be the happy cause of Hamlet’s wildness Queen…

What are the 3 parts or movements in the play? 1. Ghost Story2. Detective Story3. Revenge Story How did Elizabethans view Gertrude’s marriage to Claudius? As incestuous (a sin) What is the climax of the ghost story? Ghost appears to…

ephemeral Def: short-lived rosemary what flower has this meaning? remembrance pansies what flower has this meaning? thoughts fennel what flower has this meaning? flattery columbine what flower has this meaning? adultery rue what flower has this meaning? sorrow daisy what…

metaphorfigure of speech comparing two different things “The cock is the trumpet of the morn” is a metaphor Ophelia was driven mad Ophelia was driven mad, in part, because of her father’s death. Claudius sends Hamlet to England Claudius sends…

What does Hamlet do with Polonius’ body? He puts Polonius’s body under the stairs near the caste lobby How does Claudius manage to recruit Laertes to his cause? He tells him that Hamlet killed his father and that he will…

Who wrote Hamlet? William Shakespeare Where was Hamlet written? London, England Where is Hamlet located in the story’s setting? DenmarkElsinore Castle Whom does Polonius send to France to spy on Laertes? Reynaldo Where does the ghost appear during the play?…

Ophelia’s madness: HAROLD BLOOM Ophelia went mad with guilt because Hamlet killing Polonius fulfilled her sexual desire that they could be together Ophelia’s madness: ELAINE SHOWALTER (males) Ophelia is driven to madness when her three male role models – Polonius,…

“A little more than kin and less than kind” [Hamlet, 1.2.67] Hamlet says this in an aside. It means that Claudius is both his uncle and stepfather, but a bad person. Here, kind has three meanings: the modern sense meaning…

Definition of discord disagreement, conflict, w/o harmony discord as a verb discord discord as an adjective discordant discord as an adverb discordantly definition of calumny a false and malicious statement meant to hurt someone’s reputation calumny as a verb caluminate…

incontinent lacking self-restraint”You must not put another scandal on him that he is open to incontinency.” (2.1.29) [synonyms: ungovernable, unsuppressed] assay examination and determination as to characteristics”And thus do we of wisdom and of reach, with windlasses and with assays…