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Hamlet

  •  English    20     Public
    Acts I and II
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  • What happened in murder and exile?
    Hamlet unintentionally kills Polonius while talking to his mother. His uncle sends him to England and plans to get him killed there.
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  • Who is Laertes?
    Polonius' son. Ophelia's brother.
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  • What are the names of Hamlet's university friends?
    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
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  • Why doesn't Hamlet kill his uncle when he sees him at the chapel?
    Hamlet reasons that to kill the King now would only send his soul to heaven rather than hell. He wants his uncle to go to hell.
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  • Why does Hamlet write a play including scenes that mimic the murder of Hamlet's father?
    Because at the performance, Hamlet intends to watch Claudius closely to see how he reacts.
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  • What is Polonius' plan for testing his theory that Hamlet is love-sick?
    He will use Ophelia to make Hamlet talk; he and the king will listening to the conversation
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  • Why is Ophelia frightened in part 2?
    He seems to be mad and tells her words of love
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  • Why does Polonius think Hamlet has become crazy?
    Hamlet tells Ophelia words of love
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  • Who does Polonius tell about Hamlet's madness?
    Claudius and Gertrude
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  • What does Hamlet decide to do to discover the truth?
    He pretends to be mad
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  • How did Claudius kill King Hamlet?
    By pouring poison in his ear
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  • Hamlet thinks that King Claudius did something terrible. What?
    He killed his father
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  • King Claudius is...
    Prince Hamlet's uncle / King Hamlet's brother
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  • Horatio is...
    Hamlet's friend
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  • Ophelia is...
    Polonius's daughter
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  • Who sees the ghost first?
    The guards
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