Act 1 Key Quotes (hamlet)

Question 1

What is the metaphor used for Claudia’s betrayal in act 1 scene 5

Answer 1

‘The serpent that did sting thy fathers life, now wears his crown’

Question 2

What does the ghost say were his most valued possessions and thing within life (act 1 scene 5)

Answer 2

‘By a brothers hand of life, of crown, of queen’

Question 3

What does hamlet say he is going to ‘put on’ or display to those around him? (Act 1 scene 5)

Answer 3

‘Antic disposition’

Question 4

What does Horatio say about Denmark in act 1 scene 1?

Answer 4

‘This bodes some strange eruption to our state’

Question 5

What is said about hamlet in regards to the way he is acting due to the loss of his father ? (Act 1 scene 3)

Answer 5

‘Tis unmanly grief’

Question 6

What does hamlet say about his mother in his first soliloquy ? (act 1 scene 2)

Answer 6

‘A beast’, ‘incestous sheets’,

Question 7

What does Marcellus say about denmark
In act 1 scene 4)

Answer 7

‘ something is rotten in the state of Denmark’

Question 8

What does hamlet respond with when being embarrassed by Claudias in the court in act 1 scene 2

Answer 8

‘I shall in all my best obey you Madame’

Question 9

What does Ophelia say to Laertes in response to the advice given About marrying hamlet ?(act 1 scene 3)

Answer 9

‘As watchmen to my heart’

Question 10

What does Ophelia say to Laertes in response to the advice given About marrying hamlet ?(act 1 scene 3)

Answer 10

‘As watchmen to my heart’