Hamlet Final

Who is Horatio?

• Murdered prior to the beginning of the play

• Guard at Elsinore

• Hamlet's friend

• Ophelia's Brother

Act 1: What does young Fortinbras want to do?

• To conquer Denmark

• To receive payment from Hamlet

• To avenge his father's death by killing Hamlet

• To regain the lands his father had lost

Act 1: What does King Claudius tell Hamlet?

• Suggests that Hamlet go to England/University at Cambridge

• To stop grieving and to think of him as his father

• Tells Hamlet to go on a pilgrimage to honor his father

• Tells him that the Queen never really loved King Hamlet

Act 1: What is Laertes' advice to Ophelia?

• He warns her to stay away from Hamlet and protect her virtue

• To date other people before choosing a husband

• He tells her to join a convent and not marry anyone

• He tells her that Claudius is secretly in love with her.

Act 2: Why does Polonius think Hamlet is mad?

• Ophelia's rejections have been too much /he is lovesick

• Hamlet has been using witchcraft and it affects his mind

• Hamlet is angry because he has not become King.

• Hamlet realizes now that the Old King never really loved him

Act 1, Scene 5: Who said this?

"Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand Of life, of crown, of queen at once dispatched, Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled.

• King Claudius

• Old Hamlet

• Horatio

• Polonius

Act 2: Why have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern come to the castle?

• They have come to help the Queen redecorate the castle

• To tutor Hamlet so that he can go on to the University

• To train and prepare the troops for battle

• To find out why Hamlet is acting strange and report to Claudius

Act 2: What is Polonius' plan for testing his theory about Hamlet's madness?

• To stage a duel and see if Hamlet is mentally able to fight

• To have doctors observe Hamlet and diagnose him

• To have Hamlet meet Ophelia and he will hide and eavesdrop

• He wants a priest to come and perform an exorcism on Hamlet

Act 2: After Rosencrantz and Guildenstern leave Hamlet, what does he say in his soliloquy?

• He thinks of himself as a coward for not avenging his father

• He knows he is about to commit a sin and he begs God's mercy

• He believes that love conquers all, and decides not to kill

• He is angry at his father and that Claudius is better

Act 2, Scene 2: Who said this?

• Polonius

• King Claudius

• Queen Gertrude

• Reynaldo