"Hyperion to a satyr"
What is Hamlet's comparison of his father to Hyperion (a sun god) and Claudius to a satyr (a lustful beast) using an allusion?
"O, that this too sullied flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew,..."
Who is Hamlet?
"In the same figure like the King that's dead."
What is the description of the ghost which looks like King Hamlet?
"Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wit..."
Who is the Ghost (King Hamlet)?
"The memory be green..."
What is a reference to the length of time that the king has been dead? Meaning it didn't happen too long ago, only a matter of a couple of months.
"The memory be green, and that is us befitted To bear our hearts in grief..."
Who is Claudius?
"The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables."
What is a reference to the quickness of Claudius and Gertrude's marriage after King Hamlet's death?
"Unto young Hamlet: for, upon my life, This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him."
Who is Horatio?
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"
What is like an apple that looks good on the outside but rotten on the inside, there is hidden corruption in Denmark?
"For Hamlet, and the trifling of his favor, Hold it a fashion and a toy in blood, A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting."
Who is Laertes?