Act 2
In Scene 1, Polonius instructs Reynaldo to do this....
What is determine Laertes's behavior indirectly?
Hamlet visits Ophelia “with his doublet all unbraced, / No hat upon his head” to do this....
What is convince her of his madness?
Hamlet asks ---- about the king's reaction to the play.
Who is Horatio?
---- is angry with Hamlet after the play because he embarrassed Claudius in front of everyone at the castle.
Who is Gertrude?
He loved the way she could be ---- and sensual one minute, then bashful and demure the next.
What is wanton?
The quotation “glean, / Whether aught to us unknown afflicts him” expresses the reason that Claudius has sent for these two men...
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Polonius believes that the “very cause of Hamlet's lunacy” is this....
What is his rejection by Ophelia?
---- tells Ophelia she should become a nun.
Who is Hamlet?
When ---- tell Hamlet that the king is very disturbed, Hamlet suggests that the king is drunk as the reason.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
The decades preceding the "Great Awakening" of 1740-1743 were a time of religious ----.
What is declension?
To mock Polonius in his conversation with him in Scene 2, Hamlet uses these....
What are puns?
“this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory,” means that Hamlet is this....
What is depressed?
Cladius tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to prepare to accompany Hamlet to ----.
What is England?
---- is going to hide behind a tapestry and listen as Gertrude talks to Hamlet.
Who is Polonius?
Because animals are regularly killed on the highway, there is always a supply of ---- for the scavengers.
What is carrion?
Hamlet asks the player to recite the tale of Priam's slaughter for this reason....
What is it has a theme of revenge?
Hamlet's soliloquy in Scene 2 expresses this....
What is frustration with his weak and indecisive nature?
---- is praying when Hamlet walks by and sees him.
Who is Claudius?
Hamlet won't kill Claudius in Scene 3 because he wants to kill him in the act of a ----.
What is a 'sin' or crime?
The editor refused to publish the ---- that could possibly destroy the politician’s career.
What is calumny?
This is a major reason for Hamlet's dilemma.
What is he is uncertain of the Ghost's authenticity?
Hamlet's plan will work only if this happens....
What is Claudius still has the capacity to feel guilt?
Act 3, Scene 2 is such a complex and difficult scene in the play because it is ---- where the acting troupe performs.
What is "the play within the play"?
Ophelia, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern all have this in common:
What is the king is relying on them to report back about Hamlet’s actions?
Every night Carol’s daughter would recite an ---- to make her very sick mother well.
What is orison?