Hamlet Act 2 Scene 1 and 2

Polonius spying on Laertes : Instructs Ronaldo …

‘to make inquire Of his behaviour'

Cladius instructs Guildenstern and Rosencrantz to spy on Hamlet

to gather

Claudius and Polonius spying on Hamlet

behind an arras then, Mark the encounter

Polonius quote about madness

Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.

Hamlet being perceptive

I knowthe good king and queen have sent for you.

What does Hamlet say about how the sky appears to him?

a foul and pestilent congregation of vapor

Hamlet’s soliloquy - he berates himself

Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!

Hamlet’s soliloquy - cowardice

‘I, A dull and muddy-mettled rascal’ ‘Am I a coward?’

Hamlet’s soliloquy - admission that revenge is antagonistic to his nature

But I am pigeon-livered and lack gall To make oppression bitter

Hamlet’s skepticism of the Ghost’s intentions

The spirit that I have seen May be the devil