characters and questions Flashcards
prince of Norway, lost his father
fortinbras
minor character, showed up a beginning of story
Pelonious sent him to Paris
Renaldo
prince of denmark
lost dad/ uncle is king
Hamlet
daughter of pelonious
ophelia
student, loyal friend of hamlet
horatio
umpired fencing match
ostric
hamlet’s uncle
claudious
ophelias brother
laertes
hamlets mom
geurtrude
lord chamberlin, chief counselor to claudious
pelonius
came to elsenore to find hamlets trouble
R & G
hamlet upset for 2 reasons
dad is dead
mom married uncle shortly after death of dad
ghost tell hamlet?
that he had been murdered by claudious and to plan revenge
hamlet swears horatio to two things
not to tell about the ghost situation
to pretend that hamlet is crazy
why did R&G come to castle?
they want to find out Hamlet’s issues
what is polonious’ plan to test Hamlets madness?
to put ophelia out as a trap to test halmets reactions
Polonious will be waiting behind a curtain
paraphrase “to be or not to be”
is life even worth living? would it be better to just die?
what did king and P decide after ophelia plan?
he is not love-sick, just crazy
king reaction to play? what did it mean?
he left the theatre at the murder scene, means that he is guilty
SG act 3, #9
king had confessed, he would go to heaven peacefully
how did P die?
stabbed by hamlet from behind curtain
what did hamlet tell his mom?
to stay away from the king, not to sleep in same bed as him
thoughts be bloody or nothing worth? what dat mean?
hamlet thinking of all the deaths and murders
plan to kill hamlet?
plan A- stab him with poisoned sword during fencing match
plan B- have him drink the poisoned drink
