Act 3 Scene 1 Flashcards
How does Claudius introduce the theme of deception?
“Her father and myself, lawful espials, will so bestow ourselves that, seeing unseen, we may of their encounter frankly judge”
What does Hamlet debate in his soliloquy?
“To be or not to be, that is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them?”
How is Hamlet borderline suicidal?
“To die, to sleep - no more; and by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to”
How does Hamlet describe death and people who die?
“the dread of something after death, the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns, puzzles the will, and makes us rather bear those ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of?”
How does Ophelia try to reject Hamlet nicely?
“My honoured lord… words of so sweet breath composed… take these again”
How does Hamlet talk about chastity and beauty to Ophelia? How does this relate to misogyny?
“the power of beauty will sooner transform honesty from what it is to a bawd” - beauty and chastity cannot go together.
How does Hamlet reiterate the idea that women that are no longer chaste are not wanted?
“I did love you once”
How can we tell Ophelia feels like she’s been tricked and that she might be too naive?
“Indeed my lord you made me believe it so”
“I was the more deceived”
How does Hamlet reiterate what Laertes and Polonius already said in Act 1 Scene 3?
“You should not have believed me”
“be thou chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny”
How does Hamlet ennumerate the idea that women create sinners?
“Get thee to a nunnery! Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?”
How does Hamlet describe himself?
“I am proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck, than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in”
Does Ophelia ever actually get to speak on her own?
No, even though she gets to voice her opinions and say “woe is me”, Polonius and Claudius are in the background and are listening in always.
What does Claudius say about Hamlet’s affections?
“Love? His affections do not that way tend.”
How can we see that Claudius is an organised king?
“I have in quick determination thus set it down: he shall with speed to England, for the demand of our neglected tribute”
How can we see that Polonius is a little bit foolish and stubborn?
“I believe the origin and commencement of his grief sprung from neglected love”
What plan does Polonius propose?
“Let his queen mother all alone entreat him to show his grief.. i’ll be placed… in the ear of all their conference.”
