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“A little more than kin, and less than kind.” * Hamlet, about Claudius, at the opening party.* Foreshadows Claudius’ shady moral character, as well as establishing the Hamlet-Claudius tension that drives the rest of the play. “And then it started,…

First line “Alas, Poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio– a fellow of infinite jest, of most Second line excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a thousand times, and now how Third line abhorred in my imagination it…

Whom does Polonius send to France to spy on Laertes? Reynaldo Where does the ghost appear during the play? castle ramparts and Gertrude’s closet How did Claudius murder King Hamlet? He put poison in the king’s ear. Where is the…

Now, get you to my lady’s chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come. Quote is spoken by Hamlet as he analyzes Yorick’s skull. Literal meaning: Tell women that no matter how…

Polonius music to Reynaldo in ‘let him ply his music’ Polonius metaphorical tactics to Reynaldo in ‘With windlasses and with assays of bias,/By indirections find directions out’ Hamlet’s dumbshow as described by Ophelia ‘Pale as his shirt…As if he had…

Hamlet Prince of Denmark, outmaneuvered by his uncle Claudius King of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle (and brother of the slain king) Horatio friend and confidant to Hamlet (in first act with soldiers) Gertrude Queen of Denmark, and mother to Hamlet Polonius…

Q: The curtain opens on what setting (time and place)? (Act 1) A: Midnight, the Guard’s platform, Elsinore’s Castle in Denmark Q: How are King Claudius and Queen Gertrude related? (Act 1) A: they’re married Q: What advice does Laertes…

Know the situation and significance of the following:a. The appearance of the ghost in Act 1 The appearance of the ghost in Act 1 opens the play in a suspenseful atmosphere. Right from the start of Hamlet the audience is…

To be, or not to be–that is the question: To exist or not to exist? Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortunateOr to take arms against a sea of troublesAnd by opposing end…

Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand? Come let me clutch thee: I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feeling as to sight?…