| Words, Words, Words: Promises Made | Motives | To thine own self be true: Characterization | Character Contrasts | Changing Settings |
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What is Ophelia's dutiful promise to her father Polonius?
I will stay away from Hamlet and refuse his affections.
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What is Young Fortinbras determined to do?
I must regain the land my father lost.
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What are the main characteristics of Polonius?
Manipulative, verbose and cynical.
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Who are Claudius and Hamlet?
I indulge in sensual pleasure.
He thinks sensual pleasure is disgusting |
What is purgatory?
Hamlet Senior is doomed to this place until Hamlet keeps his promise.
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What is Horatio's promise to Hamlet
I will not tell anyone that we saw the ghost of your father. ( I would not have believed it if I had not witnessed it myself.)
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Why is Hamlet melancholic and
distant while the rest of Denmark celebrates?
Gertrude has married Claudius less than two
months after Hamlet Sr. has died. |
Who is Hamlet's friend Horatio?
He came to Denmark to witness the marriage, but ended up speaking to a ghost.
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Who are Ophelia and Polonius?
I am obedient and innocent.
He is foolish and authoritarian. |
What is Paris?
After the wedding, Laertes must return to this place for school.
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What is Hamlet's promise to his father?
I will wipe my memory of all trivial facts and remember your commandment to me.
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What is Hamlet’s motivation to avenge his father's death?
He loves his father and wants to avoid further shame and guilt.
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How does King Claudius compare to brother, Hamlet?
Hyperion to a satyr
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Who are Hamlet and Claudius?
I am cursed to act on behalf of my father.
He enjoys life as a selfish villain. |
What is Wittenberg?
Hamlet will not join Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at school at this place.
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What is Ophelia's submissive promise to Laertes?
Tis s in my memory locked, and you yourself shall keep the key of it 1.3.84-85).
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Why is Laertes suspicious of Hamlet's and Ophelia's relationships?
His sister is inexperienced and her boyfriend is future king.
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What is Hamlet's promise to his mother Gertrude.
I will obey you by staying in Denmark and not returning to Wittenberg.
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Who are Horatio and Hamlet?
I believe in logic and reason and believe what I see.
He acts on emotion. |
What is Elsinore castle?
Here is where Claudius and Gertrude appear for the first time as husband and wife.
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What is Hamlet's resolution at the end of his first soliloquy?
I will keep my feelings about Gertrude's re-marriage to myself.
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Why does Horatio travel to Denmark?
He says, he's here for the funeral. But according to Hamlet, the reason is to witness his mother's wedding.
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What is frailty?
Gertrude's hasty remarriage compelled Hamlet to curse, " __thy name is Woman"(1.2.146).
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Who are Hamlet and Gertrude
I hold onto the past and its pain.
She abandons the past in pursuit of romance. |
What is his orchard?
On the day of his murder, the King Hamlet napped in this fruitful place.
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