The gravediggers
What do the grave diggers argue about?
Ophelia's death / suicide
Who is first struck in the fencing match?
Laertes
What will Hamlet eat to prove his love for Ophelia?
a crocodile
What is Osric's job?
Courtier
"How can that be, unless she drowned herself in her own defence?"
Gravedigger
Why does the gravedigger think that Hamlet was sent to England?
Because he is mad.
Why does Hamlet poison Claudius twice?
Claudius poisoned both of his parents - revenge.
Why does Laertes jump into the grave?
He wants to hug Ophelia one more time.
Why does Hamlet call Osric a "water-fly"?
Colourful dress, and skipping around on water for no reason.
"Shards, flints and pebbles should be thrown on her".
the Priest
What is the answer the the joke, "What is he that builds stronger than either the mason, the shipwright, or the carpenter?
The gallows-maker
What final three words does Hamlet say to dying Claudius?
"Follow my mother".
Name everybody at the funeral (including the dead person).
The priest, Hamlet, Horatio, Laertes, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia (dead).
How does Hamlet toy with Osric?
He makes him take his hat on and off.
"The devil take thy soul!"
Laertes (fighting with Hamlet)
Where does the first gravedigger send the other?
To Yaughan to get some liquor.
What does Laertes say that shows that he is killed by his own vengeful actions?
"Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe, Osric.
I am justly killed with mine own treachery".
What 3 words does Laertes say to the priest, when he wants a more respectful funeral service?
"What ceremony else"?
What message does Osric have for Hamlet?
Laertes has challenged him to a duel.
"So Guildenstern and Rosencrantz go to't?"
Horatio
Name 3 people Hamlet mentions when discussing the skulls.
Adam, a lawyer, Alexander the Great, Yorick.
What does Gertrude say to her husband when she disobeys him and drinks?
"I will, my lord, I pray you pardon me".
Quote one line from Gertrude as she scatters flowers on Ophelia's grave.
"Sweets to the sweet.
Farewell.
I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet's wife:
I thought thy bride-bed to have decked, sweet maid,
And not have strewed thy grave".
What does Hamlet mean when he says about Osric, "A did comply with his dug before he sucked it".
He paid elaborate compliments to his mother's nipple before he sucked it.
"With sorrow I embrace my fortune".
Fortinbras