English 30-1 Hamlet Quotes

Question 1

Hamlet’s famous soliloquy

Answer 1

“To be or not to be: that is the question.”

Question 2

Hamlet’s plan to test Claudius

Answer 2

“The play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king.”

Question 3

Hamlet’s decision after seeing Claudius praying.

Answer 3

“No. Up, sword: and know thou a more horrid hent.”

Question 4

Hamlet after killing Polonius

Answer 4

“Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell.”

Question 5

Hamlet after seeing Fortinbras

Answer 5

“Oh, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or nothing worth!”

Question 6

Hamlet after holding Yorrick’s skull.

Answer 6

“O, that that earth which kept the world in awe, should patch a wall to expel the winter’s flaw!”

Question 7

Hamlet’s realization about death.

Answer 7

“There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.”

Question 8

Hamlet’s apology to Laertes.

Answer 8

“Give me your pardon, sir; I have done you wrong; but pardon’t , as you are a gentleman.”

Question 9

Hamlet stabs Claudius

Answer 9

“The point envenom’d too: Then, venom, to thy work.”

Question 10

Hamlet’s final wish

Answer 10

“Horatio, I am dead; thou livest, report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied.”