Hamlet
How does he discover that his father was murdered?
He is visited by his fathers ghost who tells him. (ghosty comes to visit)...
Name the way that Ophelia dies.
She drowns herself.
How does Hamlet begin?
The play begins with two guards finding King Hamlet's ghost.
He murders his brother, King Hamlet, by dropping poison in his ear while napping.
Who are Polonious' children?
Laertes is his son and Ophelia is his daughter,
After the play, what does Hamlet do instead of killing Claudius?
A) Hamlet spares him while he is confessing so he won't go to heaven
OR
B) Hamlet accidentally stabs Polonious
Who rejects who first? (Hamlet or Ophelia?) Why?
Which character said their famous line, "To thine self be true."
This quote belongs to Polonious, who said this to his son, Laertes.
What does Claudius do after watching the play?
He frantically repents for killing his brother Hamlet.
What does Hamlet call Polonius when they see each other after Hamlet's return?
Hamlet calls him a fishmongerer to convince Polonius he is mad.
How does Hamlet react to Ophelia's rejection?
He breaks down and out of rage, he violently rejects her by declaring that she should be taken to a nunnery.
List two reasons why Ophelia goes mad.
1. Her father is murdered.
2. Hamlet rejected her cruelly.
3. Loss of control.
4. Her brother is gone.
How does Claudius die in Hamlet?
Hamlet stabs him with a poisoned rapier and forces him to drink from poisoned wine.
What does Claudius do to maintain maintain distance between himself and Hamlet?
He sends Hamlet "to England" so he can be murdered, and out of his way.
Why was Polonious initially against Ophelia and Hamlet's relationship.
He feared that the difference in Ophelia and Hamlet's social classes was too different which gave them an unrealistic future and unfair power dynamic.
How does Hamlet return to Denmark after being exiled?
He depressions changes to motivation when he views Fortinbras' ambition to conquer Denmark. He then changes the letter from Claudius to imply that his friends should be murdered, instead of him.
What is the name of her brother?
Laertes
List the order of deaths in Hamlet
1. King Hamlet
2. Polonious
3. Ophelia
4. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
5. Queen Gertude
6. Laertes
7. Claudius
8. Hamlet
How long does Claudius wait before marrying Queen Gertrude?
Two months.
How does the way that Polonious die reflect his role as a character?
The way he died, spying behind a curtain and listening in to Gertrude and Hamlet's conversation, shows that he often intruded in other character's lives.
How does the skull-scene change Hamlet's perspective on death?
While he originally views death as violent and cruel, viewing the skull of a man he once knew makes him realize that we are all equal in death.
What is the significance in the way that Ophelia died?
How does Claudius' and Hamlet's ambition mirror each other?
While one was motivated by revenge, and the other was motivated by power, they both willing to achieve their goals by any means necessary (violence).
What does the power Claudius possesses represent?
His power represents corruption and abuse of power.
Where does Hamlet say he hid the body of Polonious? What joke do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern make about it?
Hamlet says his body is "up the stairs, to the lobby". Rosencrantz and Guildenstern say "with the king, but the king is not with the body".