Act 2
The name of Polonius's servant
Who is Reynaldo?
The country where Laertes attends school
What is France?
The reason Gertrude is so shocked and frightened when she sees Hamlet talking to the Ghost
What is: she cannot see the Ghost
What is Purgatory?
A Catholic belief in an in-between state of the afterlife in between heaven and hell; a "waiting room" where a soul has to pay for sins before being able to enter heaven
The name of the castle in Denmark
What is Elsinore?
The reason Polonius thinks that Hamlet is acting so oddly
What is love sick/crazy with love for Ophelia?
Name a reason Laertes tells Ophelia to stay away from Hamlet
He is a royal, he doesn't really love her, he isn't worth her time, her reputation could be ruined, etc.
The reason Ophelia is so sad after Hamlet yells at her
What is: mourning his brilliant mind going crazy?
What Hamlet reveals to his mother by the end of Act 3
What is: his fake madness
Polonious's go-to tactic when he wants to get information
What is: hiding behind curtains and eavesdropping
The favor that Fortinbras asks Claudius for
What is safe passage through Denmark on the way to attack Poland?
What Hamlet compares Denmark to when talking to his friends
What is a prison?
What Hamlet debates in his "to be or not to be" soliloquy
What is to die or continue living?
Hamlet's reason for telling Ophelia to "get thee to a nunnery"
What is: so that she won't have children and bring more sinners into the world
Define a soliloquy
When a character is alone onstage and verbalizes all of their thoughts in a speech to the audience
Describe what Hamlet did after bursting into Ophelia's room while she was sewing
Grabbed her, stared at her, breathed heavily, and did not speak
The name of the play that is performed at the castle
What is The Mousetrap?
When the Player King says that he feels weak and that his wife could remarry if he dies, how does the Player Queen respond in the play?
What is: she could never do that and being with a new husband would be like killing the old one
What contrasts Claudius’s guilt over killing his brother?
What is: the benefits that came with killing him (marrying Gertrude and becoming king)
At the Globe Theatre, name two of Shakespeare's roles BESIDES playwright
What is actor/businessman/poet?
1. He wants to eavesdrop on their conversation
2. He thinks that Gertrude will go too easy on Hamlet
The Ghost's purpose in visiting Hamlet after he (Hamlet) kills Polonius
The Ghost is frustrated that Hamlet is taking too long to kill Claudius
Why Hamlet decides not to kill Claudius in Act 3, even though he had a good opportunity to do so
What is: Claudius was praying, and Hamlet does not want him to be able to go to heaven since King Hamlet is stuck as a ghost
After Hamlet kills Polonius, Gertrude is horrified. To what does Hamlet compare this “rash and bloody” action?
What is: killing a king and marrying his brother
The month AND year that William Shakespeare was born
What is April, 1564?