Characters
Where does Claudius send Cornelius and Voltimand?
He sends them to the King of Norway with letters asking the King to try to keep young Fortinbras from going to battle.
'Frailty, thy name is woman'
Hamlet about Gertrude
When did Claudius begin his relationship with Gertrude?
before he killed King Hamlet
Laertes returns from _____ to plot the duel with Claudius
France
What is Laertes' advice to Ophelia?
He warns her to stay away from Hamlet and tells her to protect her virtue.
We go to gain a little patch of ground that hath in it no profit but the name
Fortinbras
Name one thing Hamlet compares Claudius to
a serpent, a mildewed ear, a cheap imitation of his brother
In the scene where Hamlet tells Ophelia to 'get thee to a nunnery,' Ophelia has come to ____
Return 'remembrances' (letters/gifts) from Hamlet
. What did the ghost tell Hamlet?
The ghost told Hamlet that King Hamlet was murdered by Claudius, and it asked Hamlet to avenge the murder.
'The best actors in the world, either for tragedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical-comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poet unlimited.'
Polonius about the players
Gertrude disobeys Claudius at which crucial point?
He tells her not to drink the poisoned wine and she does anyways
What is happening in the first scene with Laertes and Ophelia?
Laertes is warning Ophelia not to get too close to Hamlet
Laertes.
Hamlet swears Horatio to two things. What are they?
He swears him to secrecy about the events of this evening (seeing the ghost) and to go along with him should he pretend to be crazy
'A little more than kin, and less than kind'
Hamlet about Claudius
What does Hamlet say was served at Claudius and Gertrude's wedding
the food from his father's funeral
What does Laertes do during the graveyard scene (Act V) in reaction to Ophelia's death?
He jumps in her grave
Why does Polonius think Hamlet is "mad"?
He thinks Ophelia's rejections have been too much for Hamlet, that Hamlet is love-sick.
'The apparel oft proclaims the man'
Polonius to Laertes
What blunder does Claudius make and Gertrude corrects in Act II scene ii?
He switches the names of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
What number is Laertes in the order of deaths in the play (not just Act 5)?
3 (4 if you count King Hamlet)