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7209390307Revenge Motive Internal and External Conflicts Comic Relief Tragic Hero/Flaw/Mistake Supernatural Element Change HappeningsElements of a Shakespearan Tragedy0
7209390308three steps taken for a perfect revenge1. victim must be tortured mentally and physically 2. victim must be damned after death 3. victim who takes revenge must damn his/her own soul1
72093903093 Steps Claudius has taken to gain the throne1. murdered King Hamlet 2. married Queen Gertrude 3. held a fake election-swung by Polonius`2
7209390310where did Hamlet go to college?Wittenburg, Germany3
7209390311why do the guards think Horatio can speak to the ghost?he speaks Latin4
7209390312Name all 8 of the people dead by the end of the play1. Hamlet 2. Gertrude 3. Claudius 4. Polonius 5. Laertes 6. Ophelia 7. Rosencrantz 8. Guildenstern5
7209390313Drowns significance- she allows herself to be taken away by the current of the river, just like how she has lived-manipulated by Laertes and Poloniushow Ophelia dies6
7209390314Hamlet stabs him while spying significance- he thinks spying is always the answer but it leads to his demise.how Polonius dies7
7209390315Hamlet forges a letter to England telling England to kill ______??Rosencrantz and Guildenstern8
7209390316Who are Hamlet's foils?Fortinbras and Laertes9
7209390317Who Says to whom.... "A little more than kin and less than kind" (act 1)Hamlet to himself10
7209390318Who says to whom... "O, that this too too solid flesh would melt" (act 1)Hamlet to himself11
7209390319who says to whom... "Frailty, thy name is woman" (act 1)Hamlet to Gertrude12
7209390320who says to whom... "To thine own self be true, neither borrower nor lender be" (act 1)Polonius to Laertes13
7209390321who says to whom... "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" (act 1)Marcellus to Horatio14
7209390322..... "The serpent that did sting thy father now wears his crown" (act 1)Ghost to Hamlet15
7209390323...... "There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philosophy" (act 1)Hamlet to Horatio16
7209390324.... "and thus do we, by indirection find directions out" (act 2)Polonius to Reynaldo17
7209390325... "Brevity is the soul of wit" (act 2)Polonius to King and Queen18
7209390326... "The play's the thing" (act 2)Hamlet to himself19
7209390327... "Through this madness, yet there's method in it" (act 2)Polonius to himself20
7209390328..... "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so" (act 2)Hamlet to Rosencrantz21
7209390329... "What a piece of work is man, how noble in reason how infinite in difficulty" (act 2)Hamlet to Rosencrantz22
7209390330.. "O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I" (act 2)Hamlet to himself23
7209390331... "To be or not to be"Hamlet to himself24
7209390332" to the noble mind rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind"Ophelia to Hamlet25
7209390333"The lady doth protest too much methinks"Queen to Hamlet26
7209390334"Why look you now how unworthy a thing you make of me. you would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery"Hamlet to Guildenstern27
7209390335"I will speak daggers to her, but use none"Hamlet to himself28
7209390336"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below"Claudius to himself29
7209390337"oh what a rash and bloody deed is this"Gertrude to Hamlet30
7209390338"I must be cruel only to be kind"Hamlet to Gertrude31
7209390339"Let it work, for 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoise with his own petar and 't shall go hard..."Hamlet to Gertrude32
7209390340"He's loved of the distracted multitude who like not in their judgment, but their eyes"Claudius to himself33
7209390341"from this time forth my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth"Hamlet to himself34
7209390342"No place indeed should murder sanctuarize revenge should have no bounds"Claudius to Laertes35
7209390343"Alas poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio"Hamlet to a skull36
7209390344"Sweets to the sweet"Queen to Ophelia's corpse37
7209390345"There's a divinity that shapes our end..rough hew them how we will"Hamlet to Horatio38
7209390346"The readiness is all"Hamlet to Horatio39
7209390347"Report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied"Hamlet to Horatio40
7209390348"Now cracks a noble heart"Horatio to himself41
7209390349What is an example of upsetting the "Great Chain of Being"Claudius killing his brother42
72093903504 reasons that ghosts return1. good deed 2. warning for the country 3. buried treasure 4. tell of their death43
7209390351name of the castleElsinore44
7209390352which role did Shakespeare usually playthe ghost45
72093903533 requests of the ghost1. avenge his death 2. leave Gertrude to heaven 3. take care of yourself46
72093903544 plotting scenarios1. Reynaldo spies on Laertes 2. Ros and Guild spy on Hamlet 3. King and Polonius spy on Hamlet and Ophelia 4. Hamlet makes the play sound like his father's death47
7209390355what role did Polonius play?Julius Caesar48
7209390356what instrument does Hamlet want Guildenstern to playrecorder49
7209390357what is the climax?when Hamlet doesn't kill Claudius in the chapel50
7209390358what is the dramatic reverse in act 3Hamlet killing Polonius51
7209390359what 2 things does Hamlet ask of his mother1.don't sleep with Claudius 2. don't tell anyone that Hamlet isn't crazy52
7209390360after seeing Fortinbras's army, what does Hamlet promise to himself?to take more action53
7209390361how does Hamlet come back into Denmarkby a pirate ship54
72093903622 reasons the king can't prosecute Hamlet1. Queen loves him 2. people love him55
72093903632 ways to kill Hamlet1. poison the tip of Laertes's sword 2. poison the wine56
7209390364what is the comic reliefgravedigger scene57
7209390365what 3 "jokes" are usedpuns, riddles, melapropisms58
72093903662 things the "comic relief" scene offers1. viewpoint of commoners 2. gets the audience ready for death59
7209390367who is Yorickthe court jester60
7209390368why won't the Priest carry out the funeral?Ophelia might have committed suicide61
7209390369who is the court fop-wants to put on heirs on what to do/ how you should act in the courtOsric62
7209390370what if Hamlet doesn't fence?he will be put on trial63
7209390371who drinks the poison wine first?Gertrude64
7209390372what does Gertrude say with her last breath?the wine is poisoned65
7209390373how does Hamlet kill Claudiusstabs him makes him drink the wine66
72093903742 decisions when Hamlet is king1. Horatio must stay alive to tell the truth 2. Fortinbras should be the new king67
7209390375how does the play endFortinbras's army invades and carries Hamlet's body out like a king68

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