Background Info
Name the character: The Prince of Denmark labeled as cynical and bitter, but also thoughtful and reflective.
Who is Hamlet?
King Claudius to send Hamlet here at the end of the scene
What is England?
What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do?
What is "He asks Horatio to observe the king’s reaction to the murder in the play?"
What does Cladius ask Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to do?
What is "He asks them to go to England and take Hamlet with them"?
Why does Hamlet slay Polonius?
What is he thinks he is Claudius?
The genre of Hamlet
What is revenge tragedy?
How does Hamlet treat Ophelia in this scene and why
He is cruel because he thinks she will be unfaithful.
What is the king's reaction to the play?
What is "He storms out"?
In lines 52-57, what does Claudius find nearly impossible to do?
What is pray
What does Hamlet ask his mom to do
What is repent for her sins?
Name the character: Hamlet's mother and Claudius' new wife.
Who is Gertrude?
What plan do Ophelia, Claudius, and Polonius begin in this scene?
What is Polonius and Claudius hide behind the arras while Ophelia pretends to read alone?
What is the purpose of the play within a play?
What is "To make Claudius feel guilty"?
Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius
What is "He's afraid to send him to heaven"?
Why does the ghost appear to Hamlet again?
What is the Ghost wants Hamlet to speak to his mother calmly?
What does the ghost represent for Denmark?
What is a bad omen?
Hamlet's interaction with Ophelia makes the reader question what about Hamlet?
What is "Is Hamlet really going crazy or still pretending?"
Summarize the plot of the play within a play
A brother poisons his king brother while he is alone and sleeping. He then courts the queen who resists at first, but eventually gives in to the brother.
What tragic flaw of Hamlet's is revealed in this scene?
What is procrastination?
What does Polonius urge the Queen to do?
What is scold Hamlet and be angry with him?
The most famous line on page 127, starting on line 64
What is "To be or not to be?"
Double Jeopardy!! Describe Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy
What is "Hamlet contemplates if it is better to suffer alive or die. That death may be a dream that brings more suffering and ultimately death makes people into cowards."
What does Hamlet say he will do when he goes to see his mother at the end of the scene?
What is "Hamlet says he will attack his mother with words, but not hurt her physically."?
Doble Jeopardy!! In lines 15-18. what do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern say in support of Claudius?
What is "They will help Claudius because when a king falls, many people are affected negatively"?
In lines 23-25, Hamlet says to his mother, "You go not till I set you up a glass/ Where you may see the inmost part of you." Beginning with line 63, in what way does he do this?
What is "Hamlet shows his mom a portrait of old Hamlet and King Claudius and compares them"?