English Flashcards
Hamlet soliloquy about Gertrude re-marrying after two months
Contemplating suicide
Dismayed God made it illegal
Uses the word incest with his mother
Soliloquy about life advice
Spoken by Polonius
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Spoken by Marcellus
Referring to the King’s ghost as a bad omen
Soliloquy type thing that uses the word “mirth”
Talks about melancholy that has afflicted him
Says humanity is dust
To Be Or Not To Be Soliloquy
Speech about suicide, to live or not to live
Talks about struggles that mankind must go through
In what regard to Hamlet, Laertes and Fortinbras have similar fates?
Both the late and currents Hamlets killed the other two’s fathers
That it should come to this!
Spoken after Claudius first speech
Hamlet talking about how his life turned upside down
Frailty, thy name is woman!
Talking about his mother marrying Claudius
This above all: Be true to thine own self
Spoken by Polonius
“Be Yourself”
Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t
Spoken by Polonius
Saying there is a method to Hamlet’s madness
The Lady doth protest too much, methinks
Lady Gertrude says this while watching Mouse Trap
Gertrude thinks lady is too dramatic
Who does Claudius want to kill Hamlet
the King of England
What role does Yorick’s skull have
It makes Hamlet realize that death is the great equalizer
How does Hamlet represent the Greek tragic hero
He is blinded by his harsh social conditions, has little control over it, and pays for it in the end
What is tragic about Ophelia
she gets miscalibrated advice from other men
