Plot
Who came and charged into the castle?
Laertes
Who is Laertes a foil of?
Hamlet
“And like the kind life-rend’ring pelican” (4.5.145)
Simile
Who died prior to this scene?
Polonius
Who says: “Where is my father?”
Laertes
“You false Danish dogs” (4.5.108)
Metaphor AND alliteration
What did Leartes want to do after learning about Polonius’ death
Avenge for his father
Who corrects Laertes that Claudius isn’t the one that killed Polonius
Gertrude
"To hell, allegiance! Vows to the blackest devil!” (4.5.130)
Imagery
What happens after this scene?
Ophelia goes crazy
Who comes in as the scene ends singing?
“Like to a murd’ring-piece, in many places/Gives me superfluous death.” (4.5.94-5)
Foreshadow
Why does the King act like he is not in danger?
Because in the Elizabethan era they believed that the King was God’s representative on Earth, and that he was divinely protected.
What is a rabble
An unruly group of people
“The ocean, overpeering of his list” (4.5.98)
Personification