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Quotes
Context
Techniques
Soliloquies
Themes
100
Finish this quote: "rank corruption, mining all within, Infects..."
What is 'unseen'
100
God and angels are at the top of this
What is the Great Chain of Being?
100
"not so, my lord, I am too much in the sun"
What is a pun?
100
The themes of moral instability and social disturbances are found within the closet scene.
What are two main themes found within the closet scene?
200
"'Seems' , madam - nay it is, I know not 'seems'"
What does Hamlet say to Gertrude?
200
Has lost most of its sensory connotations, also had further allusions to lecherous and licentious actions.
What is rank
200
The use of a play within a play
What is meta-theatre
200
The underlying meaning and significance of the 'To be or not to be' soliloquy
What is the pointlessness of life
300
Hamlet's answer to Polonius' question "What do you read, my lord?"
What is "words, words, words"
300
Who mirrors Polonius in real life?
What is Sir Francis Walsingham/Lord Burghley
300
Hamlet's acting motif
What is antic disposition
400
Old hamlet was "stung" by this
What is a serpent
400
What is the technique: "O, most wicked speed, to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets"
What is hissing sibilance
400
remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindles villain
What are the four adjectives Hamlet uses to describe Claudius?
400
Polonius' surveillance puppet, Reynaldo's name means this.
What is fox?
500
Who says "the speech of vantage."
What is Polonius.
500
What aspect of the context does the theme of Chaos and Disorder reflect?
The Great Chain of Being
500
In one of the soliloquies, finish this line: "To all that fortune, death and danger dare..."
What is " even for an eggshell"