Whose Line is it Anyway
"To be, or not to be, that is the question:"
Hamlet
Commingled
Combined, blended, mixed
"To be or not to be, that is the question:"
To commit suicide or to continue living
Why does Polonius want Ophelia to meet with Hamlet
To prove Hamlet is mad with love for/ over Ophelia
Who wrote Hamlet
(last name only is acceptable)
"Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go"
King Claudius
Knavish
piece of work, contagion, harmful, corrupting
"You go not till I set you up a glass
Where you may see the inmost part of you"
I will show you your inner self in a mirror
Hamlet is showing his mother who she TRULY is
Why does Hamlet stab Polonius
He is spying on his conversation with the Queen and Hamlet is hoping that it is King C.
Why doesn't Hamlet trust Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
He believes they are not intelligent enough to see they are being used by the king and suspects they are spying on him
"Good my Lord, put your discourse into some frame, and start not so wildly from my affair"
Guildenstern
Scourge
"I say we have no more marriages. Those married already - all but one- shall live; the rest shall keep as they are. To a nunnery go"
There should be no more marriages
All who are already married may stay married except one (his mother and uncle)
The rest of women should be inducted into nunneries
Why does King C leave the play angry
The play reenacts the scheme of murdering his brother to marry the Queen and take the thrown
Word Scramble
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King Hamlet
"What have I done, that thou darest wag thy tongue In noise so rude against me"
The Queen
assumed face, a face of deceit
"That you do bend your eye on vacancy, And with the incorporal air do hold discourse"
Why does the King want to send Hamlet back to England
The King feels threatened by Hamlet's madness because he does not know the origin
What genre is Hamlet
Shakespearean Tragedy/ Drama
"Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear with..."
Polonius
Piteous
demanding or arousing pity
"Read on this book...'Tis too much proved - that with devotion's visage And pious action we do sugar o'er The Devil himself"
we often use the appearance of religion to cover over our devious acts
Why does Hamlet not kill King C when he is praying
He did not want the King to have his last right and be sent to Heaven because his father did not receive his and therefore went to Hell
When was Hamlet published?
1603