Spying I
Madness I
Spying II
Madness II
Speech
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Who is Reynaldo?
Reynaldo is the spy Polonius sends to Paris to spy on his son Laertes.
100
Who entered Ophelia's room?
Hamlet.
100
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and why were they called in?
They were Hamlet's childhood friends, asked by Claudius and Gertrude to come in order to make Hamlet happy, and to find out the reason for Hamlet's behavior.
100
How does Hamlet act around Polonius?
He called Polonius a fish seller, compared Polonius to Jephthah, and acted generally crazy.
100
What does Hamlet ask one of the actors to do?
Say a speech from a play that Hamlet thought was good, but had not been popular.
200
How does Reynaldo feel about Polonius' request?
He was shocked at first, feeling that Polonius' plan would ruin Laertes' reputation.
200
What did Hamlet look like?
His clothes were unbuttoned, he appeared like he had gone through hell, and he did not talk to Ophelia at all.
200
Who came back from Norway?
Voltemande and Cornelius, with news from the uncle in Norway.
200
Was Hamlet truly acting crazy with Polonius?
No, he was in fact playing around with him, and using his pretend madness to criticize and make fun of Polonius.
200
What did each character in the speech symbolize?
Pyrrhus = Hamlet because he seeks revenge for his father, Priam = Claudius because he dies, and Hecuba = Gertrude, for her husband dies.
300
What was Polonius' plans for Reynaldo?
To ask questions to people who are supposed to know about Laertes, suggesting possible bad habits in the attempt to flush out any of Laertes' bad behavior.
300
What does Polonius think is the reason for this behavior?
Polonius thinks that Hamlet has become crazy because Ophelia has refused to talk to him and receive his letters. He is mad with love for her.
300
What was the result of the visit to Norway?
The uncle finds out that Fortinbras Jr. wasn't planning to invade Poland. He arrests Fortinbras Jr., and Fortinbras Jr. promised not to invade Denmark. He is given money to invade Poland, provided that he can detour through Denmark.
300
Who does Rosencrantz and Guildenstern invite to cheer up Hamlet?
A troop of Hamlet's favorite actors from when he was in Wittenberg.
300
Why did Hamlet request the speech?
It is an indication of how Hamlet feels the people in his life should be acting, his greatest desire. Hamlet should be doing something, Claudius should be dead, and Gertrude should be aware of how her husband had been killed and grieve for her husband.
400
How does Polonius feel about Laertes?
He does not trust Laertes and assumes that Laertes must be engaging in bad behavior while in Paris.
400
What was Hamlet's real purpose for acting the way he did?
His purpose was to use Ophelia, who he knew would report to Polonius, who would then go to the king with a report.
400
How does Polonius intend to prove his claim that Hamlet is mad with love?
He will send Ophelia to cross Hamlet's path while he was wandering around. If he reacts to her, it is proof that he is in love with Ophelia.
400
Does Hamlet trust Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
No. He immediately told them that he knew what they were here for. Also he added that he was only crazy sometimes. He was sane the rest of the time.
400
What is Hamlet's plan with the actors, and why?
Hamlet will have the players reenact King Hamlet's murder to see if Claudius reacts to the murder and therefore prove Claudius' guilt. He did this because the ghost could be a devil come to tempt Hamlet to sin.
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