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