Act 3 continued Flashcards
(scene 3) begins in middle of convesation with Cl. outwardly saying he
does not like H.
(scene 3) Cl. is sending Ros. and Guild. with Hamlet ot …, Ros. and Guild. say this is .. and … because King is sad, the whole country is sad, so they’re sad too and so they show a … to go
England; right; natural; willingness
(scene 3) Polonius tells Cl. that he’s going to go to the room to
spy
(scene 3) King Cl. 1st soliloquy: confesses to the murder → “my offense is …, it smells to heaven”: rank is how Hamlet describes …, that rot is a … not “….”
rank; Denmark; body; properly buried
(scene 3) primal eldest curse → reference to …: Cain and Abel was murder made out of …, is Cl.’s murder one of jealousy?
ghost’s precision in targeting Cl. maybe indicates that it’s …
Can and Abel; jealousy; seeking revenge
(scene 3) Cl. can’t … because of his guilt, he has lost connection with …, a problem because Denmark is …
pray; God; religious
(scene 3) Cl. wishes to … Hamlet → this is a confession of crimes done and crimes he wishes to be done
kill
(scene 3) “What if this cursed hand were thicker than itself with brother’s blood?” we have to temper Cl.’s desire to kill H. as he is
angry
(scene 3) Cl.’s idea on the purpose of prayer: “forestalled ere we come to fall, or pardoned being down?” - a way of … us from sinning and … us from sinning
stopping; forgiving
(scene 3) because Cl. can’t pray, he feels as though he can’t be … or …
forgiven; stopped
(scene 3) Cl. says he can never be … for murder because he still has everything that he committed murder for: …, …, … (for … or …?)
forgiven; crown; queen; ambition; power; H’s murder
(scene 3) Cl. compares justice system of earth vs heave: if you’re powerful enough on earth, you can ….; in heave, this is not possible, there is no surpassing …
shove your sins aside; God
(scene 3) in heaven you are compelled to give evidence for your … Cl. knows that he will be …, he will already experience … (so what does this imply about ghost’s nature)
faults; judged; justice
(scene 3) Cl. “O limed soul, that, struglling to be free, art more engaged!” → the more he thinks of his guilt, the more …
guilty he feels
(scene 3) Cl. tries to …
pray
(scene 3) h. enters and has his … raised to … (reminiscent of … scene)
sword; kill Cl. Pyrrhus and Priam
(scene 3) if you die while professing your faith, you’ll go to .. → … belief,
H. says he must think on killing Cl. now → “That would be scanned” → sending Cl. to heaven would …
heaven; Catholic; ruin his revenge plot
(scene 3) H. remembers that his father died with all his … on his ..; … sword → decides against killing CL. now
ghost would be …, as it just wants ..
sins; head; sheathes; mad; blood
(scene 3) H. says when Cl. is .., .., or in the … pleasure of his …, he’ll kill him→ Cl. needs to be …
drunk; screaming; incestuous; bed; actively sinning
(scene 3) Cl. rises and says he wasn’t … → it didn’t work, H. could’ve killed him
praying
(scene 4) now H. goes to talk to Ger.
there is a stage direction for Hamlet: “…” → are we in H.’s … or is he in a …
within; head; hallway
(scene 4) H. is being vicious with Ger. says he wishes she were not his …
mother
(scene 4) “I set you up a glass where you may see the inmost part of you” → is h. holding G. down right now?
G. is afraid and …
Pol screams and H. … through the …, not even knowing who he was
H. says “…’ although he knows it’s not
screams; kills him; arras; is it the king?