hamelt- act 2 Flashcards
who does polonius hire to spy on his son
Reynaldo
what does polonius not care about his son doing
typical wild behavior of cllege student
what are slight sullies
drinking
gambling
whoring
“by indirections find directions out”
speaker?
listener?
polonius to reynaldo
what does polonius think is wrong with hamelt
he is depressed at the rejection by ophelia
what does the king and queen promise R and G in return for their help
good favour from the king
what does Gertrude realize
that her son is upset by the quick marriage and death of fatehr
who brings the message from fortinbras
voltimand
Uncle forntinbras says that
young fortinbras will not attack denmark
young fortinbras asks claudius permission for what
traveling through denmark in order to invade poland
“More matter with less art””
spekaer? to who?
meaning
gertrude to polonius
get to the point, stop being wordy
what is a fishmonger
a pimp
why does hamlet call polonius a fishmonger
because he is using his daughter
why does hamlet put on his antic disposition
so he can get close to claudius
“in the secret parts of fortune? O, most true; she is a a strumpet
What’s the news?”
hamlet
“denmarks a prison”
hamlet
comparing denmark to a prison is an allusion to what book
paradise lost
what does hamlet realize about R and G
that they are there to spy on him
to hamlet, the sky is the _______ of _____ and man is the _____ of ____
congregation of vapors
man is the quintessence of dust
having no delight in men at the time meant that one would not be
entertained
the company of popular children is compared to a
hawk
“when the wind is southerly I
Know a _____ from a _______
speaker?
hawk
handsaw
hamlet
hamlet also calls Polonius a reference to the bible, a figure who sacrificed his own daughter
Jepthah
“there must be a method to his madness”
polonius about hamlet
who was the king of troy and died during the fall of troy
Priam
why does hamlet tell the players to act out the slaughter of Priam
he wants to see the slaughter of a king
gules =
red
who killed priam
Pyrrhus
who killed achillles —-pyrrhus’ father
priam’s son, paris
bisson rehum
blinding tears
priam’s wife
hecuba
the player acting hecuba did what
cried
how is the actor of hecuba a foil to hamlet
this actor is crying over nothing. he does not know hecuba.
hamlet has much to grieve and cry about, but he does not.
what does hamlet ask them to play after the death of priam
the murder of gonzago
piegon liver’d means
cowardly
kites are b
birds of prey
hamlet should have already done what
fed the kites with the intestines of claudius
“i should have fatted all the region kites”
hamlet
“i’ll have grounds
more relative than this. the play’s the thing
Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King”
speaker?
grounds?
this?
hamlet
grounds-proof (play within a play)
this- the ghosts’ word
what does hamlet tell the players to do in the murder of gonzago
add a scene where the death of king hamlet is re-enacted
first scene of the play, the murder of gonzago
the mousetrap
how does ophelia describe how she saw hamlet
oddly dressed, loosed out of hell, stared at her as he walked out of the door
brevity is the soul of wit I will be brief
polonius
polonius says he will set up hamlet by loosing ophelia to hamlet while doing what
hiding behind curtain
polonius calls hamlet’s madness pregnant, this means/
full of meaning
where does fortune live- _____ -____
strumpet, whore
