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Why are the members of the court celebrating? What does Hamlet think of the celebration? -
✔Act 1 Scene 4
They are celebrating because it is tradition to party after the king's coronation. Hamlet
doesn't like it because he feels it makes Denmark look bad
What does Hamlet do when the Ghost appears? - ✔Act 1 Scene 4
Hamlet confronts it and asks it why it has come to talk to them
What does Hamlet mean when he tells Horatio and Marcellus to "Unhand me
gentlemen/By heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me!" - ✔Act 1 Scene 4
Hamlet is saying that he will kill anyone who keeps him from seeing the ghost
What does the Ghost reveal to Hamlet about how King Hamlet died? - ✔Act 1 Scene 5
It reveals that King Hamlet was poisoned by Claudius and not killed in battle. Claudius poured
Hebanen in his ear while he slept which caused leprosy and his death
What king of wife do you think Gertrude was? Do you think she was unfaithful to King Hamlet? -
✔Act 1 Scene 5
,I think she was a good wife to King Hamlet. After his death, she felt unsure about herself
and was easily manipulated by Claudius
How does the Ghost want Hamlet to prove his love for his father? Do you think that is fair? -
✔Act 1 Scene 5
The ghost wants Hamlet to kill Claudius and protect his mother. I think it's fair because
even though she did something horrible, she is still his mother and should be respected
What is Reynaldo supposed to do? How can you tell that quite a bit of time has gone by
since the last scene? - ✔Act 2 Scene 1
Reynaldo is supposed to bring money and letters to Laertes in Paris from Polonius. He is also
supposed to ask the people of Paris what they think about Laertes but lowkey. You can tell
that time has passed because Ophelia was able to talk to Hamlet about what her father told
her to talk to him about
If Polonius wants to find out how Laertes is doing, why doesn't he just ask his son? - ✔Act
2 Scene 1
He is afraid that Laertes won't tell him the truth, so in order to get the truth he has to go to the
people who see him every day
Why does Hamlet's appearance frighten Ophelia? What is Polonius' "diagnosis"? - ✔Act
2 Scene 1
Hamlet frightens Ophelia because it looks like he just came back from hell. Polonius' diagnosis
is love-craziness
, When Ophelia tells Polonius that she is "denied (Hamlet's) access to me," as her father
instructed, Polonius replies, "That hath made him mad. I am sorry that with better heed and
judgment I had not quoted him". What is Polonius sorry about? - ✔Act 2 Scene 1
Polonius is sorry that he caused this side of Hamlet to come out. He was not prepared for
Hamlet's reaction
When Polonius tells Gertrude that he has discovered the cause of her son's madness, she
says, "More matter with less art". What does she mean? - ✔Act 2 Scene 2
She is telling Polonius to "get to the point" because he goes on many tangents
"Doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar" are famous lines from a love poem.
For whom are they intended? - ✔Act 2 Scene 2
The lines are intended for Ophelia from Hamlet
"The sun moves daily and therefore, my truth doesn't shift"
What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern agree to do? Do you think they are betraying their
school friend, Hamlet? Why do they agree to go sneaking around behind his back? - ✔Act
2 Scene 2
They agree to spy on Hamlet. They are betraying Hamlet because they are going behind his
back. They agree to go behind his back because they were ordered to be Claudius. He wants
to know why Hamlet is sad and if he knows how his father actually died
Why do you think Hamlet is suspicious of his friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Why do
you think they tell him what the King and Queen have requested they do? - ✔Act 2 Scene 2
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