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And thus do we of wisdom and of reach,By indirections find directions out.(Scene 1) Speaker: PoloniusTo: Reynaldo (his servant)Meaning: Saying that to find out the truth about people (in this case Hamlet) is to lie This is the very ecstasy…

Where does the Ghost appear during the play? The castle ramparts and Gertrude’s bedchamber. How did Claudius murder King Hamlet? By pouring poison into his ear Where do Hamlet and Laertes fight during Ophelia’s funeral? Inside the grave itself How…

What is “rotten in the state of Denmark” as Marcellus tells us? That Claudius would kill his brother for the king What do we learn about gertrude Claudius in hamlet in act one? Gertrude married her brother-in-law and Claudias killed…

Claudius:…But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son-Hamlet: A little more than kin, and less than kind.Claudius: How is it that the clouds still hang on you?Hamlet: Not so my lord; I am too much i’ the sun. Hamlet and…

synecdoche A whole is represented by naming one of its parts (genus named for species), or vice versa (species named for genus).”So the whole ear of Denmark/ Is by a forgèd process of my death/ Rankly abused.””Good Hamlet… let thine…

To be or not to be that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and, by opposing, end them. To…

“Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio…” Hamlet Horatio He is telling Horatio he knew the person before he died. It was the court’s jester. This scene foreshadows all of the deaths that are soon to come. Act V Scene…

“Fair is foul, and foul is fair:” Literal Meaning:Goodness is bad and badness is good. Significance:This paradoxical statement by the witches refers to a theme that recurs throughout the play: the moral ambiguity of humanity. What seems to be the…

Plot Pattern of events that occur Ex: they use a secret plot to kill king Duncan Symbol something used for or regarded as representing something else Ex: blood represents guilt Theme message or deeper meaning behind a story (main or…

Art thou afeard To be the same in thine own act and valour As thou art in desire? Lady Macbeth accuses her husband of being too cowardly to get what he wants My hands are of your colour but I…