Act 1
What are Barnardo and Francisco's jobs
They are both guards
where does laertes, polonius's son wish to go
To France
How does polonius propose to test his theory of hamlet's madness
He planes to leave him and ophelia in the hallway alone and watch them
what does claudius do when he finds out about polonius's death
he sned people to find the body and hamlet
What wager does claudius make
The winner gets 6 african horses and 6 rapiers
What 2 other characters come to see the ghost
Haratio and marcellus
whats is the name of the king and queens castle
elsinore
Why does ophelia return hamlets things to him
she is done with him and breaking up with him
what happened to ophelia
She drowned to death
what do the gravediggers talk about in the beginning of the scene
They say ophelia does not deserve a christian burial
why has haratio been asked to keep watch with the guards
He's a scholor and could speak latin
why doesn't hamlet return to wittenburg university
The king doesn't want him to go so he can keep an eye on him
What changes hamlets mind about suicide
He wants to get revenge on his uncle
How does laertes enter the castle
he storms into the castle looking for claudius
what dramatic purpose does the gravedigger scene bring
A comic relief
How many times did the ghost show up
2 times
what does polonius think is the cause of hamlet's behavior
He thinks hamlet is acting crazy because he's madly in love with ohphelia
What's Horatio's assignment during the play
To watch claudius
how valuable is the land fortinbras wants to take from Poland
It's not valuable
what discovery does hamlet make about one of the sculls
It belonged to his childhood jester
what does horatio think is the cause for the ghost visit
to warn them about a war
why was ophelia so frightened with hamlets visit
hamlet was pale and his knees were shaking
what is the name of the play they perform
The Murder of gonzago
how does hamlet disrespect rozencrantz and guildenstern
he calls them sponges
What does Hamlet find offensive about what the gravedigger is doing
He is just kicking sculls and breaking them