Conflict
In Act 3, Scene 3, this prevents Hamlet from killing Claudius while he is praying.
What is Hamlet's struggle between revenge and Claudius possibly ending up in Heaven?
What is revealed about Claudius through his soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 3?
What is his guilt without true repentance?
What is the purpose of placing Claudius's soliloquy just before Hamlet enters Scene 3?
What is dramatic irony?
What is the device used when guilt is described as something that weighs on Claudius and cannot be removed?
What is a metaphor
Meaning of "What have I done, that thou darest wag thy tongue in noise so rude against me?" - Gertrude
What is Gertrudes response to Hamlet killing Polonius and mentioning killing the king
In Act 3, Scene 4 this drives Hamlet to confront Gertrude in her chambers.
What is the conflict between Hamlet and Gertrude over her marriage to Claudius.
What is revealed about Hamlet's character through his treatment of Gertrude in Scene 4?
What is emotional aggression?
What is it that Shakespeare does with highlighting the calm and chaos between these two scenes
What is the metaphor Hamlet uses to describe Gertrude's moral corruption?
What is imagery of stains or decay?
What is building suspense and delaying the act of revenge in the play?
What is her plain ignorance?
What is the structural purpose of Hamlet overhearing Claudius's prayer?
What is delaying revenge to build tension?
What is thee device used when religious language suggests moral judgement
What is an allusion?
What is one consequence of Hamlet's delay in Scene 3 that affects Scene 4
What is uncontrolled violence?
What is Polonius's fatal character flaw shown in Scene 4
What is his need to spy?
What is the function of the closet scene within Act 3?
What is a turning point?
What is truth versus ignorance?
What is the way Hamlet's moral struggle complicates the revenge-hero role?
What is prioritizing conscience over action?
What is revealed by the contrast between Hamlet's restraint in Scene 3 and impulsiveness in Scene 4?
What is Hamlet's inconsistency?
What is the structural moment in which Hamlet's delay leads directly to irreversible consequences?
What is a turning point?
What is the effect of violent imagery on Hamlet's emotional state in Scene 4
What is loss of control?