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appearance of the ghost In Scene 1, Marcellus’s comment that “Horatio says ’tis but our fantasy” foreshadows the. . . disgust at being called “son” by Claudius In Scene 2, Hamlet’s aside “A little more than kin and less than…

Author William Shakespeare Shakespeare 1564-1616 –> Stratford on Avon, England Written in 1600-1601; while Elizabeth is the monarch Hamlet real 12/13th century Danish king Ur-Hamlet Written by Thomas Kyd’Regarding Hamlet’Plagarist Anolothi Story has origins in Norse legendCharacters connected to Hamlet…

Define Assuage (N) To calm or soothe or lessen the affects of something Define Verbose (Adj) The person that talks a lot and is pretentious and thinks everything they say is important Define Obsequious (Adj) Servile Define Quintessence (N) The…

“In what particular thought to work I know not; But in the gross and scope of my opinion, This bodes some strange eruption in our state” (Act I) Speaker: Horatio Listener: MarcellusSituation: The men have just seen the ghostParaphrase: Horatio…

Claudius Who has assumed the throne since King Hamlet died? Gertrude Who is the queen? Cornelius and Voltemand Who does the King send with a royal dispatch/letter? King of Norway (Fortinbras uncle) To whom is the letter sent? stop advancing…

(#6)What does hamlet mean when he says “the funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.” This whole revelation isnt about the funeral, its about the wedding. Hamlet believes the wedding came too soon after the funeral (#7)In…

Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in’s own house. Farewell. Hamlet, 3.1 I am justly killed with mine own treachery Laertes, 5.2 The skull had a tongue in it, and…

Polonius tells Reynaldo to spread rumors about Laertes in Paris because he wants to know what his son is actually doing there. What does Polonius tell Reynaldo to do in Paris? Why? Ophelia becomes so upset when she speaks with…

“Brevity is the soul of wit” Polonius to Claudius and Gertrude; means that he’ll get straight to the point; ironic because he just rambles on and on and on “Your noble son is mad. Mad call it it; for to…

Father of Laertes and Ohpelia, believes Hamlet’s madness comes from neglected love. Polonius grief causes his madness, wants revenge yet cannot act, overthinks, negative view of women (sees them as weak) Hamlet kills brother by pouring poison in his ear,…