Act 2, Scene 2 Flashcards
1
Q
Summary of Act 2, Scene 2?
A
Polonius questions Hamlet’s madness
Hamlet soliloquy
Arranges the play
2
Q
How does Polonius question Hamlet’s madness?
A
‘Though this be madness yet there is method in it’
3
Q
Role of Polonius in this scene?
A
Presented as a harmless character, increases pathos felt for him in his death
4
Q
How is the ambiguity of revenge highlighted?
A
‘Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell’- revenge is problematic
5
Q
Arrangement of play?
A
‘I’ll have those players play something like the murder of my father’
6
Q
How Hamlet is a detective?
A
‘I’ll observe his looks’
‘The plays the thing in which I’ll catch the conscience of the king’
7
Q
How Hamlet is a victim?
A
‘For there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so’
‘Denmark’s a prison’
