English a level - act 2 hamlet
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two quotes from Polonius convincing Reynaldo to follow his plan in spying on Laertes in a2s1
“slight sullies”
“your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth”
two quotes from Ophelia describing her encounter with Hamlet in a2s1
“with a look so piteous in purport as if he had been loosed out of hell to speak of horrors”
“a sigh so piteous and profound it did seem to shatter all his bulk, and end his being”
2 quotes from Polonius in response to Ophelia’s monologue in a2s1
“this is the very ecstasy of love, whose violent property fordoes itself”
“I am sorry” x 2
Summarise what happens in a2s2 in 6 points
Claudius sends for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and orders them to spy on Hamlet
a letter from the King of Norway arrives ending the threat from Fortinbras
Polonius says Hamlet’s madness is a result of his unrequited love and Claudius asks for proof
Hamlet is engaged in conversation by Polonius and then R &G who admit they have been sent by the king
the players arrive and agree to do an additional speech written by Hamlet
Hamlet delivers a soliloquy where he decides how to catch Claudius
quote from Claudius addressing R & G in a2s2
“the need we have to use you”
quote from Gertrude addressing R&G in a2s2
“my much too changed son”
quote from Polonius showing his loyalty to the crown in a2s2
“I hold my duty as I hold my soul, both to my God, and to my gracious king”
quote from Gertrude in a2s2 showing tension in her marriage
“I doubt it is no other but the main, his father’s death. and our o’erhasty marriage”
quote from Polonius objectifying Ophelia in a2s2
“I’ll loose my daughter to him”
quote from Polonius about madness in a2s2
“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t”
two quotes from Hamlet about the state of Denmark in a2s2
“Denmark’s a prison”
“there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. to me it is a prison”
quote from Hamlet showing existentialism in a2s2 as he addresses R&G
“what is this quintessence of dust?”
quote from Hamlet showing the king and queen’s relationship to be incestuous in a2s2
“my uncle-father and aunt-mother”
who does Hamlet compare Polonius to in a2s2
Lot
quote describing the nature of fate, said by the first player in a2s2
“thou strumpet fortune!”
3 quotes showing Hamlet’s self-criticism in his a2s2 soliloquy
“O what a rogue and peasant slave am I!”
“A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak”
“Am I a coward?”
3 quotes showing hamlet’s plan in his a2s2 soliloquy
“Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell, must, like a whore, unpack my heart with words”
“for murder, though it have no tongue, will speak with most miraculous organ”
“the play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king”
2 quotes showing the power of grief in hamlet’s a2s2 soliloquy
“he would drown the stage with tears”
“make mad the guilty”
2 existentialist quotes from Hamlet’s A2S2 meditation in front of R&G
“what is this quintessence of dust?”
“man delights not me”
quote from Hamlet’s A2S2 soliloquy criticizing Claudius
“bloody, bawdy villain, remorseless”