Act 3 Scene 2 Flashcards
‘If his occulted guilt/ Do not itself unkennel in one speech, / It is a damned ghost that we have seen’
Ambiguity of the ghost - two renaissance thinkers debate nature of ghost - want proof that Claudius killed king and its not mad
‘I did enact Julius Caesar’
Comedic scene due to Polonius’ ego - playing on his foolishness
‘country matters’
Pun - treats Ophelia as a ‘loathsome sinner’ - becomes a ‘whore’ in his mind
‘two hours’ vs ‘two months’
Disputed sense of time - kingdom has moved on from grief
‘Nome wed the second but who kill’d the first’ and ‘A second time I kiss my husband dead, Then second husband kisses me in bed.’
Reflection/ symbolic of Gertrude’s actions
Rhyming couplet - Gertrude’s betrayal for former lover
‘The lady doth protest too much, methinks’
Gertrude talking about performance - she is trying to justify her own actions
‘My wits deceased’
Hamlet acts mad - groups G and R with Polonius (spy and meddler). First sees them as rude but doesn’t pretend to be mad - now changes their status
‘do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?’
Hamlet points out that G and R are trying to deceive him
‘do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel?’
Hamlet as hiding in his madness
‘Tis now the very witching time of night’
Perhaps transformation from good to evil - anagorisis
AO3: James 1 Daemonologie - dark deeds revealed
‘Now I could drink hot blood’
Links to ‘mettle hot and full’ - perhaps Hamlet can now act aggressive like YF
‘My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites’
Hamlet’s admittance that he wants to kill Gertrude
