Hamlet quotes.
Who says...?
Who says...?
"Through indirection, find direction out."
Who is Polonius?
This Prince of Denmark spends most of the play debating whether or not to avenge his father’s murder.
Who is Hamlet?
This famous three-word phrase concludes the play’s realization about the nature of their torment.
What is "Hell is other people"?
This character in No Exit is obsessed with her appearance, similar to how Ophelia is driven to madness by the actions of others.
Who is Estelle?
Hamlet describes Denmark as this type of building; similarly, Garcin and Inez are physically confined to a single room in Hell.
What is a prison?
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
Who is Gertrude
Hamlet uses this specific "play within a play" to "catch the conscience of the King."
Answer: What is The Mousetrap (or The Murder of Gonzago)?
This character is a cynical journalist who was executed for being a deserter and a coward.
Who is Cradeau (Garcin)?
Sartre and Shakespeare both use this "supernatural" figures to provide information to the living, though in No Exit, it is a Valet.
What is a Ghost (in Hamlet)?
In No Exit, the room has no mirrors, forcing the trio to rely on others for their self-image; in Hamlet, this character is told by the Prince to "look into a glass" to see her true nature.
Who is Gertrude?
"Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder."
Who is the Ghost of King Hamlet
This advisor to King Claudius is killed while spying behind an arras in Gertrude’s bedroom.
Who is Polonius?
Inez is the only character who refuses to lie about her sins; she was a postal clerk who seduced this woman.
Who is Florence?
This philosophical concept, central to Sartre, is mirrored in Hamlet’s struggle to take "authentic" action.
What is Existentialism (or Free Will)?
The Valet in No Exit never blinks and cannot close his eyes; similarly, this "spirit" in Hamlet is forever awake, doomed to walk the night.
Who is the Ghost (of King Hamlet)?
"Madness in great ones must not unwatched go."
Who is King Claudius?
Hamlet famously ponders "poor Yorick" while holding this object in a graveyard.
What is a skull?
The room is missing these common household items, preventing the characters from seeing their own reflections.
What are beds and mirrors?
This character ends the play by saying, "Let’s get on with it."
Who is Cradeau (Garcin)?
In No Exit, the door finally opens but the characters stay, accepting their fate; similarly, Hamlet stops fighting fate and declares this two word phrase before the final duel.
What is "Let be"?
Who is Marcellus?
These two bumbling childhood friends of Hamlet are sent to England with a letter ordering their own executions.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
The valet is missing these parts of his body.
What are eyelids?
This character comes to take over at the end of Hamlet.
Who is Young Fortinbras?
Hamlet refuses to kill Claudius for this specific reason.
What is Claudius praying?