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Why was Hamlet contemplating suicide?
His father had just died and his mother seemed fine. Everyone seemed fine except for him. He was upset that she had already remarried especially his uncle. He know saw the world as corrupt and the people as bad people and he wasn't sure if he wanted to be in that corrupt world any longer.
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Why does Hamlet decide to go mad on purpose?
He wants to throw everyone off track so they don't realize what he is plotting.
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Why do the guards think the ghost is a bad sign?
The ghost serves to enlarge the shadow King Hamlet casts across Denmark, showing that something about his death has upset the balance of nature.
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What is Ophelia torn between?
Her father's/brother's wishes and her heart <3
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Why does Claudius give his speech to the court?
He wants to reassure the people that him marrying the queen so quickly is good for Denmark. Basically he is trying to ease the people so they can't suspect him as the murderer.
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How does setting and weather play in to affect in this scene? "...the air bites shrewdly; it is cold."
The scene is at night, in the dark. "...the air bites shrewdly; it is cold." This is foreshadowing in the next scene that Hamlet will receive some bad news that will bite at him for a while.
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Why didn't they want Ophelia with Hamlet?
They thought that he didn't really love her and would just use her. Also, that he was suppose to marry royalty and she wasn't royalty.
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What does the Ghost ask of Hamlet and why?
He asks for him to avenge his father because he was murdered by his own brother. "murder...most foul, strange, and unnatural."