Where have you 'scene' this
The Queen talks to Hamlet, Polonius is murdered, the Ghost appears, and Hamlet asks the Queen to stay away from Claudius
What is Scene 4?
In Hamlet, Shakespeare portrays the idea of revenge as an unforgiving spirit in order to show that fixation on revenge only leads to the downfall of those around it.
What is Revenge?
"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?" - Hamlet
What is despairing?
The scene that further points to Hamlet's pension for real cruelty in his comments to Ophelia and his ability to manipulate those around him. It establishes true debate over whether Hamlet is really mad or not.
What is Scene 2?
Shakespeare through his characters decisions, communicates that our choices depend more on our actions and thoughts rather than the circumstances around us.
What are choices?
"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go." - Claudius
What is insincere yet guilty?
The scene that contains the famous line "To be or not to be, that is the question." and builds the idea for the audience that there is more than meets the ear behind the soliloquy's of the characters.
What is Scene 1?
The repeated theme of power in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, demonstrates the human inclination to pursue power as a solution to the world around us.
What is the Power?
"I am myself indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me." - Hamlet
Who is a misanthrope (someone who hates himself and mankind)?
Claudius wants to send Hamlet to England, Claudius's monologue on feeling guilty but wanting to go to heaven, Hamlet contemplates killing Claudius, but decides it's not the time
What is Scene 3?
In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, while attempting to get revenge for his fathers murder, is plagued with the uncertainty of the line between madness and sanity, which drives him and those around him mad.
What is Madness?
Oh, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown! The courtier's, scholar's, eye, tongue, sword, the expectancy and rose of the fair state, the glass of fashion and the mould of form." - Ophelia
What is mournful?