Act 1 Scene 2 second part (wedding)

Question 1

Why does Shakespeare have Hamlet dressed in black? ‘tis not alone my inky cloak’

Answer 1

Presents Hamlet as an outsider and he does not support the wedding as he is still mourning his father whilst everyone has moved on.

Question 2

What does ‘a little more than kin and less than kind’ suggest about how he sees the new relationship between Claudius and his mother?

Answer 2

Pun suggesting he does not support the marriage as Gertrude has not obeyed the proper mourning period

Question 3

how does Shakespeare present the relationship between Hamlet and his mother?

Answer 3

-‘all that lives must die’
-‘Seems Madam. I know not seems’
-‘cast they neighted colours off’
-‘I am too much in the sun’