act 1 notes- hamlet

Question 1

when does the ghost walk outt

Answer 1

at night

Question 2

what makes the ghost leave

Answer 2

rooster (calls for morning)

Question 3

who is invited to try to speak to the ghost and why

Answer 3

horatio b/c he is a scholar

Question 4

what language must be spoken to the ghosts

Answer 4

latin

Question 5

what is the name of the castle in denmark

Answer 5

Elsinore

Question 6

who are watching guard in the beginning of the play

Answer 6

Bernardo and Francisco

Question 7

why is the castle being guarded day and night?

Answer 7

Young Fortinbras has built an army of mercenaries and is ready to strike revenge.

Question 8

how is the ghost dressed

Answer 8

in armor for war

Question 9

“what might be toward, that this sweaty haste
Doth make the night joint- labourer with the day,
who is’t that can inform me?”

Answer 9

marcellus

Question 10

3 reasons that the ghost walks

Answer 10

ghost may want to say something good
ghost may want to protect the land
ghost wants to reveal where treasure is buried

Question 11

“the cock, that is the trumpet to the morn” what FL?

Answer 11

metaphor

Question 12

“so hallow’d and so gracious is the time” refers to

Answer 12

Christmas

Question 13

which way does the sun rise

Answer 13

east

Question 14

king claudius is always paired with

Answer 14

flourish and trumpets

Question 15

memory is green means

Answer 15

the death of hamlet is still fresh

Question 16

“With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage” speaker?

meaning?

Answer 16

King Claudius

-with joy in the funeral and sadness in the marriage, so close together. dirge is a funeral song

Question 17

“The head is not more native to the heart,
Thehand more instrumental to the mouth,
than is the throne of Denmark to thy father”
speaker?
listener?

Answer 17

King Claudius to Laertes

Question 18

where does laertes want to go

Answer 18

back to college in Wittenberg, France

Question 19

why did laertes come to Elsinore

Answer 19

for the crowning of Claudius

Question 20

what does hamlet not like being called by the king

Answer 20

son

Question 21

“A little more than kin, and less than kind”
speaker?
about?

Answer 21

hamlet about the king

Question 22

what are things on the outside that indicate grief (4)

but are all within hamlet

Answer 22

suits of solemn black
sighs
crying
look depressed

Question 23

who is the melancholy dane

Answer 23

hamlet

Question 24

where does hamlet want to go

Answer 24

wittenberg for college

Question 25

why does the king not let hamlet go to college

Answer 25

he realizes that hamlet is an enemy and doesn't want hamlet to build an army so he keeps him close to keep an eye on him

Question 26

"no jocund health that denmark drinks today"

Answer 26

king

Question 27

"Or that the everlasting had not fix'd his canon 'gainst self-slaughter"

Answer 27

hamlet

Question 28

what activity by the king bothers hamlet

Answer 28

his drinking

Question 29

hamlet's soliloquy expresses his concern on 4 things:

Answer 29

considering suicide judge women by his mother's weakness upset by speed of marriage upset by incest

Question 30

what does hamlet think of women

Answer 30

that they are frail and that they need men

Question 31

``` "hyperion to a satyr" speaker? hyperion? satyr? FL? ```

Answer 31

hamlet hyperion- king hamlet satyr- claudius mythological imagery

Question 32

"Fraility, thy name is woman"

Answer 32

hamlet

Question 33

"why she, even she, O God! a beast that wants discourse of reason Wuld have mourn'd longer"

Answer 33

hamlet

Question 34

who is Niobe

Answer 34

a mother who lost all her children

Question 35

a satyr is a ___ creature

Answer 35

lustful

Question 36

"the funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables"

Answer 36

hamlet about the quickness of everything

Question 37

what is scene 3 called t

Answer 37

the advice scene

Question 38

why is laertes giving ophelia advice

Answer 38

doesn't want her to fall in love with hamlet as he is a prince and needs to marry a higher class

Question 39

``` "his greatness weigh'd , his will is not his own; or he himself is subject to his birth" speaker ? listener? about who? ```

Answer 39

laertes to ophelia about hamlet

Question 40

why does ophelia not listen to laertes advice

Answer 40

b/c laertes is about to go to college and will not follow his own advice

Question 41

polonius to laertes advice: (5)

Answer 41

``` don't quarrel or pick fights if in a fight- take care of yourself don't judge dress well but don't be gaudy do not borrow money ```

Question 42

what bothers hamlet in the beginning of scene 4

Answer 42

claudius's drinking

Question 43

"it is a custom More honour'd in the breach than the observance" speaker? meaning?

Answer 43

hamlet | about claudius's drinking and it is better to not follow the crowd

Question 44

what does hamlet say about alcohol and virtues

Answer 44

if you're an alcoholic, you'll always be corrupt no matter how good you are. some people have an addictive gene for alcohol.

Question 45

first question from hamlet to the ghost

Answer 45

are you a good spirit or bad one

Question 46

"I do not set my life at a pin's fee" speaker? meaning?

Answer 46

hamlet,

Question 47

"something is rotten in the state of denmark" speaker? what is the rotten thing?

Answer 47

marcellus | claudius is the rotten thing

Question 48

why does horatio not want hamlet to speak with the ghost

Answer 48

he is concerned for his friend and does not want hamlet to become corrupt or tricked

Question 49

what is purgatory

Answer 49

where sins are purged away

Question 50

who says that purgatory is a frightful scary place

Answer 50

king hamlet

Question 51

``` "haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift As meditation or the thoughts of love, May sweep to my revenge" speaker listener meaning theme? ```

Answer 51

hamlet to king hamlet hamlet will act fast thought vs. action

Question 52

how does the public think how the king died

Answer 52

died from snake bite while sleeping

Question 53

how did king hamlet really die

Answer 53

uncle poured poison through his ear while he was sleeping

Question 54

what did king hamlet lose

Answer 54

life crown queen

Question 55

what is king hamlet most concerned about losing

Answer 55

his last rights

Question 56

what does king hamlet order hamlet t odo

Answer 56

kill Claudius | do not harm your mother

Question 57

"in that distracted globe" speaker to who? globe?

Answer 57

hamlet to king hamlet | head

Question 58

"That oe may smile, and smile, and be a villian"

Answer 58

hamlet to king hamlet

Question 59

"hie et ubique"

Answer 59

here and everywhere | hamlet

Question 60

what does hamlet pretend to have

Answer 60

an antic disposition

Question 61

why was hamlet born

Answer 61

to set things right | "o cursed spite that i was born to set it right"