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Act II scene II
Act III scene I
Act III scene II
Act III scene III and IV
Act IV scene I - V
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Hamlet's plan to determine Claudius guilt
What is stay a play that depicts the murder and watch Claudius' reaction
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In Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech, what reason does he give for not committing suicide?
What is a fear of what's to come? ("the dread of something after death/ The undiscovered country ... makes us rather bear those ills we have/ Than to fly toothers that we know not of")
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Hamlet asks this character to carefully watch Claudius reaction to the play
Who is Horatio?
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kills Polonius
Who is Hamlet?
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the cause of Ophelia's madness
What is her father's death? However, a careful investigation of the songs she sings suggest she might also be plagued the loss of Hamlet's love -- the lyrics also suggest she might have failed to heed her father's/brother's advice and have slept with Hamlet (see p. 209)
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the country in which the play takes place
What is Denmark?
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Hamlet tells Ophelia, "Get thee to a ______."
What is a nunnery? Note: the potential double meaning of this term.
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According to Ophelia, at this point how many months have passed since King Hamlet's death?
What is 4 months? (Hamlet keeps insisting it has been 2 months or less.)
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Hamlet hesitates to kill Claudius here for this reason
What is Claudius is praying and therefore might go to heaven with a clean conscious?
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____ bring Hamlet back after he is sent away to England
Who are pirates?
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Why does Hamlet call himself a coward?
What is ... he has yet to take action against his father's murder?
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Claudius tells Polonius he sees "some danger" in Hamlet's actions has decided to send Hamlet here
What is England?
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Hamlet's advice to the actors about to perform his play
What is act natural; don't be overly dramatic and theatrical?
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the line, "I must be cruel only to be kind" exemplifies this literary device
What is a paradox?
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the reason Hamlet is disturbed to learn of Fortinbras' intention to go to war over a meaningless plot of land
What is swiftness of justice/ revenge? Hamlet feels "shamed" by Fortinbras' boldness in taking action while he has done, essentially, nothing but complain.
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DAILY DOUBLE What is the real name of the play Hamlet requests the players perform?
What is The Murder of Gonzago?
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Polonius suggests to Claudius they test Hamlet's madness first by sending Ophelia to him and then by ______
What is having Gertrude talk to him alone?
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Says, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Who is Gertrude?
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says, (I see) "Nothing at all; yet all that is I see."
What is Note: this line is also a paradox.
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Hamlet's reply to the King's demand to know where Hamlet has stowed Polonius's body is an example of this literary device. Hamlet: "At supper. ... Not where he eats, but where he is eaten. A certain convocation of politic worms are e'en at him."
What is equivocation?
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the name of Hamlet's home/ castle
What is Elsinore?
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Hamlet asks, Who would chose to bear life's hardships, "When he himself might his quietus make/ With a bare bodkin?" What does the term bodkin mean?
What is dagger?
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Polonius says he acted in college. He claims to have played this role.
Who is Julius Caesar?
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Hamlet uses this as proof of his father's and Claudius' character
What is pictures of each man?
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Fortinbras requests permission to travel through Claudius' territory to reach this country, which he intends to attack
What is Poland?