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act 1 notes- hamlet Flashcards

1
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when does the ghost walk outt

A

at night

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2
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what makes the ghost leave

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rooster (calls for morning)

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3
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who is invited to try to speak to the ghost and why

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horatio b/c he is a scholar

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4
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what language must be spoken to the ghosts

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latin

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5
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what is the name of the castle in denmark

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Elsinore

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6
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who are watching guard in the beginning of the play

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Bernardo and Francisco

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7
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why is the castle being guarded day and night?

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

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8
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how is the ghost dressed

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in armor for war

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9
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“what might be toward, that this sweaty haste
Doth make the night joint- labourer with the day,
who is’t that can inform me?”

A

marcellus

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10
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3 reasons that the ghost walks

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

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11
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“the cock, that is the trumpet to the morn” what FL?

A

metaphor

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12
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“so hallow’d and so gracious is the time” refers to

A

Christmas

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13
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which way does the sun rise

A

east

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14
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king claudius is always paired with

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flourish and trumpets

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15
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memory is green means

A

the death of hamlet is still fresh

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16
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“With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage” speaker?

meaning?

A

King Claudius

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

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17
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“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?

A

King Claudius to Laertes

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18
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where does laertes want to go

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back to college in Wittenberg, France

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19
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why did laertes come to Elsinore

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for the crowning of Claudius

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20
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what does hamlet not like being called by the king

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son

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21
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“A little more than kin, and less than kind”
speaker?
about?

A

hamlet about the king

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22
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what are things on the outside that indicate grief (4)

but are all within hamlet

A

suits of solemn black
sighs
crying
look depressed

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23
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who is the melancholy dane

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hamlet

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24
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where does hamlet want to go

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wittenberg for college

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25
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why does the king not let hamlet go to college

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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

26
Q

“no jocund health that denmark drinks today”

A

king

27
Q

“Or that the everlasting had not fix’d his canon ‘gainst self-slaughter”

A

hamlet

28
Q

what activity by the king bothers hamlet

A

his drinking

29
Q

hamlet’s soliloquy expresses his concern on 4 things:

A

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

30
Q

what does hamlet think of women

A

that they are frail and that they need men

31
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"hyperion to a satyr"
speaker?
hyperion?
satyr?
FL?
A

hamlet
hyperion- king hamlet
satyr- claudius
mythological imagery

32
Q

“Fraility, thy name is woman”

A

hamlet

33
Q

“why she, even she,
O God! a beast that wants discourse of reason
Wuld have mourn’d longer”

A

hamlet

34
Q

who is Niobe

A

a mother who lost all her children

35
Q

a satyr is a ___ creature

A

lustful

36
Q

“the funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables”

A

hamlet about the quickness of everything

37
Q

what is scene 3 called t

A

the advice scene

38
Q

why is laertes giving ophelia advice

A

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

39
Q 
"his greatness weigh'd , his will is not his own; 
or he himself is subject to his birth" 
speaker ?
listener?
about who?
A

laertes to ophelia about hamlet

40
Q

why does ophelia not listen to laertes advice

A

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

41
Q

polonius to laertes advice: (5)

A 
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
42
Q

what bothers hamlet in the beginning of scene 4

A

claudius’s drinking

43
Q

“it is a custom
More honour’d in the breach than the observance”
speaker?
meaning?

A

hamlet

about claudius’s drinking and it is better to not follow the crowd

44
Q

what does hamlet say about alcohol and virtues

A

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

45
Q

first question from hamlet to the ghost

A

are you a good spirit or bad one

46
Q

“I do not set my life at a pin’s fee”
speaker?
meaning?

A

hamlet,

47
Q

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

A

marcellus

claudius is the rotten thing

48
Q

why does horatio not want hamlet to speak with the ghost

A

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

49
Q

what is purgatory

A

where sins are purged away

50
Q

who says that purgatory is a frightful scary place

A

king hamlet

51
Q 
"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?
A

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

52
Q

how does the public think how the king died

A

died from snake bite while sleeping

53
Q

how did king hamlet really die

A

uncle poured poison through his ear while he was sleeping

54
Q

what did king hamlet lose

A

life
crown
queen

55
Q

what is king hamlet most concerned about losing

A

his last rights

56
Q

what does king hamlet order hamlet t odo

A

kill Claudius

do not harm your mother

57
Q

“in that distracted globe”
speaker to who?
globe?

A

hamlet to king hamlet

head

58
Q

“That oe may smile, and smile, and be a villian”

A

hamlet to king hamlet

59
Q

“hie et ubique”

A

here and everywhere

hamlet

60
Q

what does hamlet pretend to have

A

an antic disposition

61
Q

why was hamlet born

A

to set things right

“o cursed spite that i was born to set it right”

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