Act 3 Flashcards
(scene 1) act starts in middle of conversation about why Hamlet has been ….: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s ….
acting crazy; official report
(scene 1) Cl. calls Hamlet’s insanity
dangerous lunacy
(scene 1) Rosencrantz and Guild don’t have
information
(scene 1) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern inform Claudius and Gertrude that …. came and Hamlet was …., Cl. and G. say for them to keep Hamlet …
actors; happy; happy
(scene 1) Claudius asks Gertrude to leave because now Claudius and Polonius will ….
listen in on Ophelia and Hamlet’s conversation
(scene 1) Cl. contradictory again: “….”, “….”
lawful espials; seeing unseen
(scene 1) in spying, pol. and cl. are testing theory of …
unrequited love
(scene 1) Gertrude agrees to Ophelia and H. spying plan and says that she hopes that …, but she knows better
Ophelia is the problem
(scene 1) Ophelia is participating in the
espionage
(scene 1) Pol. hands Ophelia either a … or … because it will then make sense that she is …→ certain hours of … for …
prayer book; Bible; alone; devotion; prayer
(scene 1) Pol: “We are oft to blame in this ‘Tis too much proved, that with devotion’s visage and pious action we do sugar o’er the devil himself” → we are doing something …, but we’re pretending it’’s …
Polonius admits … here
evil; good; guilt
(scene 1) Aside from Claudius (first one, right after Polonius admits guilt): admits what Polonius said is ….
wound to his … → pang of …, by what Polonius says (“smart a lash” → …)
true; conscience; guilt; whip
(scene 1) Cl: “The harlot’s cheek beautied with plast’ring art Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it
Than is my deed to my most painted word”→ makeup a prostitute uses does not cover
how ugly her profession is
(scene 1) Cl: “O heavy burden!” → is this a …?
private confession
(scene 1) Hamlet enters (this is NOT a soliloquy because he is not …)→ “To be or not to be”
alone
(scene 1) to be: to have a …, …, to be … (successful, legacy, something to …)
to be means much more than merely …
purpose; identity; something; someone; existing
(scene 1) not to be: not being any of the
things that you can be
(scene 1) to be …. or not to be …
infinity; infinity
(scene 1) “that is the question” → this is the essential question of ….,
wittenberg students had debates and the sides would say “…”, this is how wittenberg students would …
living; that is the question; graduate
(scene 1) Hamlet is impacting the people
behind the curtain
(scene 1) Hamlet now shows both sides of question:
to be is to … (this is part of all faiths), to be anything is accompanied with … → “… and ….”
suffer; pain; slings; arrows
(scene 1) at any moment you can …., you can incite war against your … and … by simply … the things that cause them
not be; troubles; end thing; not doing
(scene 1) valuable =
difficult
(scene 1) to not be → totally resign yourself to …
nothing
(scene 1) unconsciousness is …. state (e.g. sleep)
death or sleep → our … will be no more, so we end ….
happiest; consciousness; heartache
(scene 1) flesh = heir to …/…, unconsciousness …
pain; sorrow; ends this
(scene 1) “tis a consummation/ devoutly to be wished” → we want … to consume us
unconsciousness
(scene 1) “ay, there’s the rub” → unconsciousness marred through …
dreams
(scene 1) different kind of dream that comes from death → …. - … after “sleep” of death
afterlife; consciousness
(scene 1) the only thing that keeps us being is the fear of
not being
(scene 1) things that suck about being a person: you will grow ... → body will be ... people will ... and ... you people will be .../... in your presence and their success will ... you ... love loving ... people knowing people you love will ... having an annoying ... .... necessary laws .... but you could just as easily not be
old; horrible; wrong; oppose; proud; arrogant; bother; unrequited; more than one; die; boss; patience; restricting
(scene 1) bare bodkin:
unsheathed dagger
(scene 1) “quietus make with a bare bodkin” → you could … and end it all
kill yourself
(scene 1) dread of something after death: death → “undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns” - we don’t know what happens …
but death also refers to death of …
death; dreams;
(scene 1) we are all cowards because we can …. We are stopped from doing things because of: …., the very thing that makes us decide to do things becomes …., consciousness makes us all …, we … goals
think; self-doubt; sick; cowards; procrastinate
(scene 1) …. is what Hamlet is discussing in “to be or not to be” → not …
death in life; suicide
(scene 1) all great things we do is stopped when we
think
(scene 1) hamlet sees Ophelia walking toward him and says he needs to be quiet now
But “….” is not part of the stage directions → Ophelia was …., along with … and ….
Ophelia enters; there the whole time; Claudius; Polonius
(scene 1) For these 3 people to continue hurting Hamlet, after hearing the speech, they have to … into …
cross a line; evil
(scene 1) 1st time Hamlet and Ophelia see each other since …
pants around ankle deal
(scene 1) this is a …, and Ophelia is giving Hamlet his ….
breakup; things back
(scene 1) Hamlet says no and says he never …., not accepting it, but implies that ….
gave those things; another person give it to her
(scene 1) Ophelia says you know right well you deed, and you said … when you gave them, but you became a …
sweet words; jerk
(scene 1) Hamlet laughs: “Are you honest” → honest means …, …
chaste; loyal
(scene 1) “Are you fair?” fair can mean … OR …
light-skinned; beautiful
(scene 1) If you’re both honest and fair then you wouldn’t e
dressing as you are right now
(scene 1) Ophelia is doing all of this, knowingly, in front of
an audience
(scene 1) Ophelia says: isn’t it good that chastity and beauty are in
conversation
(scene 1) H: beauty can change someone into a … faster than chastity can make someone … → used to be a … until you made it true
whore; beautiful; paradox
(scene 1) H: “I did love you once” →
not anymore
(scene 1) Now Hamlet says he didn’t love her: Hamlet told her he was gonna do this in the … “doubt truth to be a liar…”
Ophelia clearly didn’t …
letter; get the message
(scene 1) Hamlet says to Ophelia: “Get thee to a ….”
nunnery
(scene 1) nunnery: …, Elizabethan slang for a …, place you could go as … (…)
convent; brothel; safe-house; convent
(scene 1) Hamlet lists things wrong with him: …, …, …., wants to do ….
proud; revengeful; ambitious; many bad things
(scene 1) Hamlet says “we are arrant knaves all” knaves →
fools
(scene 1) H: “believe none of us” → repeating idea from …, trying to put …
poem; letter in action
(scene 1) Hamlet has one question for Ophelia: “Where’s your …?” Hamlet knows
father
(scene 1) Ophelia lies and says he’s …., Hamlet says let the doors be closed on him so that he can only be a fool in his own home
Ophelia cries out for …
at home; help
(scene 1) dowry: old marriage tradition, having a woman in your house is a …, so you should “sweeten the deal” by …
burden; paying
(scene 1) chaste:
pure
(scene 1) H. says he’ll give her a plague as a dowry: I hope you and your husband don’t have a …, no part of your marriage to …
romantic life; delight in
(scene 1) calumny: smoke that arises when you …., … effect. → Hamlet will have … after breakup
snuff out candle; lingering effect; lingering effect
(scene 1) Hamlet accuses Ophelia for his insanity
Hamlet told her to go to a nunnery about … times, he’s warning her to .., trying to communicate that he’s not actually … or …
3; leave; angry; hateful
(scene 1) Hamlet calls Ophelia
two-faced
(scene 1) H: “I say we will have no more marriage”
Is Hamlet breaking off a marriage?
Ophelia did tell Polonius that Hamlet had made …
promises
(scene 1) “Those that are married already, only one shall live” → Hamlet referring to …, he just …., but Cl. can’t call him out because he’d have to admit to …
Gertrude and Claudius; threatened the king; his espionage
(scene 1) Ophelia in
lose-lose situation
(scene 1) in all her responses, Ophelia just seems …
worried
(scene 1) closest to moment alone with Ophelia: she says what a …, …, … guy I have …→ she feels …
good; decent; smart; ruined; horrible
(scene 1) “the observed of all observers” → he watches those who
watch him
(scene 1) Ophelia’s analogy for mental illness → “like sweet …, out of … and …”
when mind operates right, it is …, but she has ruined Hamlet’s …
bells jangled; time; harsh; beautiful; mind
(scene 1) The real torture is that she knows how good … is, but she … it
love; lost
(scene 1) Ophelia and Gertrude are the most … characters
unexplored
(scene 1) Cl. says the problem isn’t … –> polonius bet his life and job on this
love
(scene 1) Claudius wants to send Hamlet to England for … → deal for England to …, Claudius is …, Hamlet could’ve been in … this whole tie
neglected tribute; watch Hamlet as payment for their debts; scared; Germany
(scene 1) Polonius continues insisting that root of problem is
love
(scene 1) Pol. wants Gertrude to try to talk to Hamlet and spy in on that too before they
send Hamlet to England
(scene 1) Cl: “madness in great ones must not unwatched go” → Claudius is
scared of Hamlet’s insanity
(scene 2) this is the same day as scene one
Hamlet speaking to …, H. will now be spying on … - back and forth of …
actors; Claudius; espionage
(scene 2) H. wants actors to perform lines in
distinct way
(scene 2) we get to hear Shakespeare’s authentic voice here → voice of
director
(scene 2) Hamlet performed this for actors as an …, he tells them to act it out …
example; naturally
(scene 2) Herod King when Christ was born →
killed all first-born sons
(scene 2) actor who overacts “out-Herods Herod” → worse than
baby slaughter
(scene 2) purpose of art/acting → …; when people see this play, they will see
hold a mirror up to nature; themselves
(scene 2) art that we like hold mirror up to nature → this realization paved way for ..
art
(scene 2) Oscar Wilde: Does art imitate … or does life imitate …
life; art
(scene 2) Hamlet holding mirror up to nature through … → he reveals people’s nature to them through …
antic disposition; veiled truths
(scene 2) In order to have antic disposition, H. needs to be willing to
reveal people’s nature to them
(scene 2) bad art according to Hamlet imitates humanity …, does not …
poorly; reflect nature
(scene 2) Hamlet says about guy who plays clowns → don’t let them … with … even though audience loves it
break the scene; laughter
(scene 2) This is a strangely long moment, and rare time Hamlet gives … → shows how important play is to him
advice
(scene 2) Hamlet and Horatio are alone together → Hamlet starts …Horatio, over the to
complimenting
(scene 2) Hamlet: why should good people not be rewarded for their …
goodness
(scene 2) Hamlet described friendship process: we’re friends because my soul has …, not because of …, “….,” etc
made a choice; geological convenience; trauma bonding
(scene 2) you are my best friend because of your … → “As one in suffering all that suffers nothing”
incredible empathy
(scene 2) not only are you emnpathetic, but your … doesn’t change you, bad or good
luck
(scene 2) “not a pipe for … finger”, “not …”
tune’s passion’s slave
(scene 2) H. pulls Horatio into the plan, asks Horatio to …
observe Cl.
(scene 2) h. needs HOratio to look at Cl. so H. could just be
at the play
(scene 2) part of Hamlet’s problem: he has
no one
(scene 2) Hamlet tells Horatio “I hear them coming, I must be idle” → seems like he’s talking about putting his
antic disposition back on
(scene 2) Claudius calls H. “…” → … between H. and Cl. Hamlet is no longer “…”
cousin; distance; son
(scene 2) chameleons thought to live off
air
(scene 2) air →
heir
(scene 2) H: “I eat the air, promise-crammed” → he is living off …, because he doesn’t have anything promised to him even though he is …
air; heir
(scene 2) King: “I have nothing with this answer, Hamlet. These words are not mine.” Hamlet tells people what they “….” because he doesn’t want to hear
Hamlet responds by saying they’re not his words → they belong to the … now
can’t hear; air
(scene 2) polonius was an … in college → Polonius went to college
actor
(scene 2) H. jokes: brute part of him to kill so capital a calf there
brute part of him to kill: play on words, shakespeare making … (referring to …)
H. calls Polonius …
shakespeare jokes; Julius Ceasar; fat
(scene 2) Ger. tells H. to sit next to her. H. says he’d rather sit next to someone more … and sits next to … Polonius thinks this is proof for his theory
beautiful; Ophelia
(scene 2) H. asks to … in Ophelia’s … and cracks a dirty joke
lie; lap
(scene 2) H. loudly saying why shouldn’t i be …, when my mom is so …, although my dad died … ago
happy; happy; 2 hours
(scene 2) Ophelia replis → it’s been … since start of play, … since Cl. and Ger. got married, and act 2 took about …
4 months; 3 months; 1 month
(scene 2) H. sarcastically claims that it was a long time that passed and says the way they’re treating his father’s memory is like an …: …
old toy; hobby-horse
(scene 2) hobby-horse’s epitaph: “for oh, for oh, the …”
hobby-horse is forgot
(scene 2) in age of Shakespeare, basically no one could … → …
read his work; illiterate
(scene 2) groundlings; … at beginning of the play: called this because it’s …., main actors of the play will dress up as … and they will silently mime the major parts of the play, designed such that … could know …
dumb show; soundless; archetypes; illiterate people; plot
(scene 2) dumb show is exactly what ghost described as …, Cl. now knows that the play will be about this, which would then cause … within him
King Hamlet’s murder; anticipation
(scene 2) Ophelia asks what the archetypes are. Hamlet says “…” which means …
the … is the archetype, and is the personification of …
miching mallecho; mischief; poisoner; mischief
(scene 2) prologues: hold over from…, serves as …, introduces … and…
greek tragedy; narrator; players; plot
(scene 2) H. keeps attacking Ophelia; prologue short according to Ophelia, H. comments “…”
as woman’s love
(scene 2) through play, we have to pay attention to fact that H. wrote …
12-16 lines (scattered/ one block?)
(scene 2) Murder of Gonzago begins with … speaking of how he’s been married for …
Player king; 30 years
(scene 2) player queen: “You are so sick of late,
So far from cheer and from your former state,
That I distrust you. Yet, though I distrust,
Discomfort you, my lord, it nothing must.” → possibly
Hamlet’s
(scene 2) Player king trying to tell her he will … and talks about marrying again. Player queen cuts Player King off and says to marry again would be like …
H. interrupts saying, “that’s wormwood” → wormwood means …, …
die soon; killing him; savage; harsh
(scene 2) shakespeare’s plays are in …: unrhymed, ….
blank verse; iambic pantameter
(scene 2) When shakespeare pretends to be a different author, he makes all of the lines rhyme in … (2 rhyming lines of same … and …)
couplets; length; meter
(scene 2) player queen: “a second time I kill my husband when second husband kisses me in bed” –>
hamlet line
(scene 2) P. King “purpose is but the slave to memory” → we conveniently break promises we make to ourselves when the purpose seems …, how long will it take for you to …? is this a convo King H. and Ger. had?
less imminent; marry again
(scene 2) all of these insults right now are directed toward …, H. is struggling to leave her alone
Gertrude
(scene 2) Player King: “Where joy most revels, grief doth most lament; Grief joys, joy grieves, on slender accident.” → sounds a lot like
Cl.’s first address
(scene 2) P. King: love is ephemeral (…) : good times … for love, bad times … love
short-lived; easy; no;
(scene 2) murder of gonzago is the 2nd … in hamlet
play within a play
(scene 2) H. might be imagining the betray in the …, could be part of his problem
worst degree
(scene 2) now p. king asks for p. queen to promise to him and she swears “if, once a widow …”
ever i be wife
(scene 2) Gertrude: “the lady doth protest too much, methinks” → reply to H’s question of whether or not she likes the play, she thinks the player queen is … which is against what Hamlet thinks
unrealistic
(scene 2) Cl. interrupts Gertrude and Hamlet, asking if H. means this to be …, H says … are not offended and renames the play “…”
offensive; unburdened souls; The Mousetrap
(scene 2) Lucianus is … to king in play
nephew
(scene 2) Ophelia tells H. to stop talking and H. again implies she’s with …. → says he could interpret all of her relationships if he …
more than one person; saw them
(scene 2) Ophelia: “still better and worse” → H. is still …, but what he says he is ….
brilliant; painful
(scene 2) Lucianus … the king and Claudius …
this is a … and a … to Claudius
poisons; rises; reminder; threat
(scene 2) Cl. rising is not a ….;
discreet gesture
(scene 2) Because Cl. stood, everyone else has to stand too as a sign of …
respect
(scene 2) Everyone leaves but .. and …: Horatio … Cl.’s reaction; Hamlet is very … and …, asks for …
Hamlet; Horatio; validates; happy; sings; recorders
(scene 2) Choler:
anger
(scene 2) king is in his …, …
room; angry
(scene 2) Guildenstern says that Gertrude sent him to
speak to him (H)
(scene 2) Guild. asks H. to give a … answer, but h. says he can’t because he’s … and Guiild is …
wholesome; playing insane; playing the spy
(scene 2) Guild tells H. that Gertrude is …/… at his behavior
amazed; astonished
(scene 2) Guild. asks H. what his problem is and H. lies , saying …
I am not yet king
(scene 2) Ros. asks how H. lacks advancement, and H. says 1st 1/2 of a saying “….” the 2nd part (which h. does not say) is …
“while the grass grows”; “the horse starves”
(scene 2) the saying means that: while i’m waiting for my … to begin, I’m …
real life; dying
(scene 2) moment when H. and Ger. is the … spying plan by Polonius
2nd
(scene 2) H. asks Guild to play recorder but Guild says he can’t. H. says then why can you play me, am I … to play than this instrument → “you can fret me, you cannot play upon me” (this means, you can … me but you cannot … me)
easier; bother; play
(scene 2) H. also says playing the recorder is as easy as
lying
(scene 2) H. can point anywhere, say anything and Polonius will agree → he’s … Polonius, showing Guild and Ros. what … someone means
playing; playing
(scene 2) H.’s 3rd soliloquy (one of the shortest in the play): according to Hamlet, plan of play worked in …↔ ghost’s commandment is now more ..
totality; pressing
(scene 2) “’Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes
out” → does he think ghost is … still?
evil
(scene 2) “let not ever the soul of Nero enter this firm bosom” → does he have to remind himself not to …
Nero: …. of his mother
H. wants to … Gertrude
kill his mother; murderer; hurt
(scene 2) Does h. have a murderous desire to hurt Ge. or is this antic dispositon?→ but antic disposition is becoming … when he is alone
less necessary
