Study Guide for Hamlet

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Does Gertrude ever see the ghost?

No.

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Name of the dead court jester.

Yorick

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How does Claudius kill the King?

He puts poison in his ear when he is sleeping.

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Where is the ghost "living?"

He is condemned to wondering the earth.

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Fortinbras' land.

Norway

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Setting for castle in Denmark.

Elisnore is the name of the castle.

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Who should "get thee to a nunnery"?

Ophelia

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Who says "get thee to a nunnery"?

Hamlet

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Who is compared to Jephthah?

Polonius

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Who becomes King at the end of the play?

Fortinbras

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What does the ghost tell Hamlet in regards to Gertrude?

To leave Gertrude alone.

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Where does Claudius send Hamlet?

England

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Why does Claudius send Hamlet there?

To have him killed.

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What does Hamlet do once he reads the letters commanding his death?

He readdresses the king's statements to killing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

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Who provides comic relief in the play?

Polonius and the grave diggers

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In his first soliloquy, how does Hamlet view the world?

Generally filled with evil.

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Who is the only one in the play to still wear mourning clothes?

Hamlet

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Why does Laertes agree to duel Hamlet?

He wants grief-driven revenge.

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Who names Hamlet heir to the throne?

Claudius

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Who feels "the readiness is all"?

Hamlet

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Who is Gonzago?

The character in the play that gets killed.

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Who delivers (is supposed to deliver) the letters to England?

R & G

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What instrument kills the queen? The king? Laertes? Hamlet? Polonius?

Queen- poisoned cup of wine. The king-poisoned wine and the sword. Laertes- poisoned rapier Polonius- Hamlet's sword. Hamlet gets killed by the poisoned rapier.

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How does the sentry know the ghost is the dead king?

He is dressed in the king's armor.

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What is the name of the play in the play?

Murder of Gonzago

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What does Laertes ask Ophelia before he leaves for France?

To be careful around Hamlet.

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What does Polonius ask of Reynaldo?

To spy on Laertes and badmouth him.

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Why does the king summon R & G?

To spy on Hamlet.

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What temporary settles the conflict with Norway?

The king of Norway tells Fortinbras to stop.

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Who is to be punished by heaven for haste?

Gertrude

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Who is the busybody of the play?

Polonius

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Why do Marcellus and Bernado summon Horatio?

They saw a ghost.

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How doe Claudius advise Hamlet in regards to his recent loss?

He tells him to get over it.

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Why does Polonius ask Ophelia to keep away from Hamlet?

He thinks Hamlet is using her.

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Why does Hamlet marvel at the visiting actors?

Because they can express emotion so deeply and it isn't real.

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Why does hamlet despise himself?

Because he is slow to act.

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When Hamlet is pressed for information for G, Hamlet says G cannot play him like what?

A pipe (flute)

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How does Hamlet view himself compared to Fortinbras?

Hamlet sees himself as lesser than Fortinbras.

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Why does Hamlet leave the ship?

To escape the pirates.

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What happens to R & G?

They are beheaded.

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Though Hamlet has misgivings about dueling with Laertes, he decides to. Why?

Because "the readiness is all".