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100
After meeting his father's ghost, this character swears to avenge his father's murder.
Who is Hamlet?
100
The mysterious ghost turns out to be...
Who is Hamlet's father?
100
When Hamlet tells Horatio and Marcellus not to reveal witnessing the ghost, the men swear that they will not speak of this event. However, Hamlet, wanting to be certain he can trust the men asks them to “swear by [his] sword” (1.5.180). Although this is a sign that Hamlet doubts the men’s loyalty, Horatio and Marcellus begrudgingly swear again, as Hamlet tells his father’s spirit to “rest, rest,” indicating that the men have again sworn to secrecy (1.5.204).
What is loyalty?
100
“A mote it is to trouble the mind’s eye./In the most high and palmy state of Rome,/A little ere the mightiest Julius fell” (1.1.124-126).
What is allusion?
100
The play Hamlet opens in this place.
What is the guard's platform in Elsinore Castle?
200
Refers to Hamlet as "my cousin and my son."
Who is King Claudius?
200
Act I comprises the ______ stage of the five stages of plot
What is exposition?
200
When Hamlet’s uncle, the King, tries to comfort Hamlet, he slips how “’tis unmanly grief” to be in a state of such sadness for an extended period of time (1.2.98). Hamlet’s excessive grief over his father shows “a will most incorrect to heaven,” implying that it is unnatural for a man to weep excessively and dwell over the death of his father.
What is gender roles?
200
"A double blessing is a double grace. Occasiona smiles upon a second leave" (1.3.58-59).
What is personification?
200
The place Hamlet wants to go in Act I.
Where is Wittenberg?
300
Says to Ophelia, "These blazes, daughter...You must not take for fire."
Who is Polonius?
300
Act I opens up on these two characters
Who are Bernardo and Francisco?
300
Hamlet’s father emphasizes the importance of family when he asks his son to “revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” and Hamlet swears to do so (1.5.31). Hamlet’s simple act of loyalty and obedience toward his father shows the significance of taking family issues to heart and acting on the basis of family name.
What is the importance of family?
300
"And curd, like eager droppings into milk,/ The thin and wholesome blood" (1.5.76-77).
What is simile?
300
Laertes warns Ophelia about this.
What is falling in love with Hamlet?
400
Warns Hamlet that revenge might "draw [him] into madness."
Who is Horatio?
400
When does the ghost disappear after talking to Hamlet?
When is the "rooster crows at dawn"?
400
This theme is the most significant because it sparks Hamlet's motivation for revenge.
What is the importance of family?
400
“So did it mine,/And a most instant tetter barked about,/Most lazar-like, with vile and loathsome crust/All my smooth body” (1.5.77-80).
What is allusion?
400
The ghost is seen first by this person.
Who is Marcellus?
500
Polonius is referring to this person when he says, "What is't, Ophelia, he hath said to you?"
Who is Laertes?
500
This character goes to France in Act I
Who is Laertes?
500
In the line (1.2.6) Hamlet implies this theme.
What is gender roles?
500
"Fie, 'tis a fault to heaven,/ A fault against the dead, a fault to nature" (1.2.105-106).
What is anaphora?
500
The ghost appears this many times in Act I
What is 4 times?