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Calamity
What is terrible loss or disaster?
100
Rude speech or behavior
What is insolence?
100
What does Hamlet call the play?
What is The Mouse Trap.
100
Ophelia tries to give Hamlet back gifts...
What is Hamlet tells her that he never loved her and to get herself to a nunnery so that she will not procreate the evil human race.
100
"Let me be cruel, not unnatural. I will speak daggers to her, but use none."
What is Hamlet is saying he will speak very harshly to his mother but will not act physically against her. The Ghost asked Hamlet not to harm his mother so he is obeying this request.
200
Torrent
What is a heavy downfall of rain?
200
Violent wind or whirlpool
What is Tempest?
200
What advice does Hamlet give to the players?
What is He tells them not to exaggerate in their performances, to try to be as natural as possible. Do not add any lines into the play and do not take any out.
200
Hamlet goes to speak with Gertrude in her room...
What is Hamlet gets a little rough with Gertrude and she cries out for help. Polonius answers her from behind a curtain, Hamlet stabs at the curtain killing Polonius.
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"To be or not to be--that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing, end them."
What is Hamlet is contemplating suicide in this famous speech. He is wondering whether he should continue to deal with the hardships of life or end his life.
300
Clemency
What is forgiveness or mercy?
300
Likely, ready
What is apt?
300
Why does Hamlet decide not to kill Claudius? What is ironic about this?
What is Hamlet decides not to kill Claudius because Hamlet thinks he is praying and does not want to send him to heaven when he dies; this will not be a real revenge. Instead, Hamlet will kill him when he is sinning to be sure he will go to hell.
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The Ghost appears to Hamlet again...
What is the Ghost appears to remind Hamlet of his duty that he still has to perform (the murder of Claudius). We also see that Gertrude is unable to see the Ghost so reallyyyy starts to think Hamlet is crazy.
300
"The lady doth protests too much, methinks."
What is Gertrude says this in response to Hamlet's question about how she is liking the play. She is saying that she thinks the Player Queen is overdoing it and exaggerating about her feelings.
400
Beseech
What is to beg?
400
To cleanse or purify
What is Purge?
400
What two things does Hamlet metaphroically compare Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to?
What is musicians and snakes. Hamlet says they have played him like a musician would and instrument and that he would trust them as much as he trusts a snake with fangs.
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"O, confound the rest! Such love must needs be treason in my breast. In second husband let me be accurst. None wed the second but who killed the first."
What is the Player Queen says this line when she is speaking with her husband about how strong their love is. She is saying that she would never get remarried, but if she did it would be to someone who killed her previous husband. This is mocking the actions of Gertrude and Claudius.
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Rash
What is to act hastily without thinking something through?
500
Protection from outside threats or dangers
What is Bulwark?
500
What does Hamlet ask his mother to/not to do at the end of the act?
What is Hamlet asks her not to go sleep in her incestuous bed with Claudius. He asks her to stay away from Claudius so that he will not find out anything about Hamlet from her. Hamlet says that each time Gertrude stays away from Claudius will make it easier to resist him in the future.
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"O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven; it hath the primal eldest curse upon 't, a brother's murder. Pray I can not."
What is Claudius is reflecting to himself about his guilt. He has killed his brother (the first murder in the bible was that of Cain and Able, two brothers) and is unable to pray for forgiveness.