Act 1 Scene 5

Question 1

Analyse ‘speak, I am bound to hear’

Answer 1

Hamlet feels obligated to listen to his father due to filial responsibility
-Hamlet feels obligated to listen due to manipulation by the supernatural

Question 2

List quotation

Answer 2

‘list, O list if though didst ever thy dear father love’

Question 3

Analyse ‘haste me to know that I… may sweep to my revenge’

Answer 3

Hamlet shows a medieval mindset but this is not acted upon due to his hamartia of indecision.

Question 4

Analyse ‘a serpent stung me’

Answer 4

Biblical imagery links Claudius to the devil and Hamlet as the saviour - tragic hero

Question 5

Analyse the importance of the differing line lengths between Hamlet and the ghost

Answer 5

Ghost has more line length meaning it dominates the conversation.
-can be dominance of filial responsibility and the supernatural