Act 2 Scene 1 & Scene 2 Flashcards
(scene 1) stage directions says “… Polonius” Shakespeare wants us to know …., particularly in this scene
old; Polonius’ age
(scene 1) Polonius sending Reynaldo to … to ….
France; spy on Laertes
(scene 1) Polonius tells Reynaldo that he can accuse Laertes of …. List of lies: …., …., …, …, ….
anything; drinking too much; fencing; swearing; quarreling; drabbing
(scene 1) drabbing: dealing with
prostitutes
(scene 1) Polonius tells Reynaldo to make Laertes’s thoughts seem
normal
(scene 1) Polonius is speaking but then he … what he was speaking of: could be …or maybe he’s … Reynaldo to ensure he’s …
forgets; senile; testing; paying attention
(scene 1) Polonius tells Reynaldo to make sure that the person he’s speaking to abut Laertes calls Reynaldo
“good friend”
(scene 1) Polonius’s purpose: by indirection
he would find direction
(scene 1) by indirection he would find direction means: if you make the friends think they can tell you …, they will tell you …→ way to find out what Laertes is …
anything; everything; truly up to
(scene 1) At the end, Polonius tells Reynaldo to
spy on Laertes directly
(scene 1) Elizabethans like …: 2 bedrooms → 1 for …, outer bedroom is … and this is where …. are spent
privacy; sleeping; closet; private hours
(scene 1) Ophelia in …., Hamlet appears without … (this showed respect when you’re …), filthy …., pants have fallen to his …, … face, shirt ….
closet; hat; courting; stockings; ankles; pale; visible
(scene 1) Hamlet is trying out …→ He has a small circle ( … and …) that does not include …
antic disposition; Horatio; Marcellus; Ophelia
(scene 1) Ophelia is …. Hamlet doesn’t mind … during his pursuit for revenge
scared; scaring her
(scene 1) Hamlet’s willingness to scare her is revealing of … OR is she in on it? Polonius told her …
his character; not to see him
(scene 1) Polonius wants to tell …: antic disposition toward Ophelia → he knew she would tell …, who would tell … → … effect by scaring her
Claudius; Polonius; Claudius; domino
(scene 1) Polonius thinks Ham. is insane with … → claims that his initial opinion was wrong
unrequited love
(scene 1) This scene shows that what the play presents to us is not …, to figure out his problem we need to look past the …. the play presents to us
Hamlet’s problem; evidence
(scene 1) … and … is possibly Hamlet’s problem (in my opinion)
grief; sense of betrayal
(scene 2) … and …. are in Denmark
Rosencrantz; Guildenstern
(scene 2) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are … names indicating that they are students of …. → they know … and …
jewish-german; wittenberg; hamlet; horatio
(scene 2) Claudius sent for .. and …: some time has elapsed between scene 1 and scene 2
Rosencrantz; Guildenstern
(scene 2) King under impression that Hamlet underwent … and that this transformation is NOT because of ….
transformation; King Hamlet’s death
(scene 2) Whatever the reason for Hamlet’s transformation, Claudius can’t even … → shows that Claudius is …, he has a hard time seeing …
dream of; small-minded; himself
(scene 2) Claudius brought Rosencrantz and Guildenstern because they knew Hamlet since they were … → hoping that presence brings back …., Also, to get … out of Hamlet (…)
kids; Hamlet’s old self; info; spy
(scene 2) According to Gertrude, Hamlet talks much of … and … → he … to them, he is incredibly … to them (no …. he’s … to)
This is the first time we see Gertrude actually ….
Rosencrantz; Guildenstern; adheres; close; 2 people; close; scheme against Hamlet
(scene 2) Gertrude is participating in …., if she isn’t lying, that makes this even more …, this is revealing of her …
the espionage; vile; character
(scene 2) Ros and Guild completely agree …., no …. at all
without question; push-back
(scene 2) Claudius called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern by the wrong …., Gertrude ….
name; corrects him
(scene 2) nothing that … Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, they speak nearly exactly …
distinguishes; the same
(scene 2) Gertrude is the one who knew …., is she the …?
Hamlet’s friends; mastermind
(scene 2) Queen Elizabeth had huge network of …, some think Gertrude based on her
spies
(scene 2) Polonius: “this brain of mine/ Hunts not the trail of policy so sure.” this means:
he’s not as sharp as he once was
(scene 2) Polonius calls Hamlet’s insanity
“lunacy”
(scene 2) lunatics: people who are so crazy that they … Claudius and Gertrude aren’t
howl at the moon; offended
(scene 2) moment between Claudius and Gertrude: Hamlet is now Gertrude’s son … (cl. calls him “….”),
only; your son
(scene 2) Gertrude believes the cause of Hamlet’s problem is …. and ….
She knew this would …., is she a ….?
King Hamlet’s death; their quick marriage; hurt Hamlet; villain
