hamelt- act 2 Flashcards

1
Q

who does polonius hire to spy on his son

A

Reynaldo

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2
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what does polonius not care about his son doing

A

typical wild behavior of cllege student

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3
Q

what are slight sullies

A

drinking
gambling
whoring

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4
Q

“by indirections find directions out”
speaker?
listener?

A

polonius to reynaldo

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5
Q

what does polonius think is wrong with hamelt

A

he is depressed at the rejection by ophelia

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6
Q

what does the king and queen promise R and G in return for their help

A

good favour from the king

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7
Q

what does Gertrude realize

A

that her son is upset by the quick marriage and death of fatehr

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8
Q

who brings the message from fortinbras

A

voltimand

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9
Q

Uncle forntinbras says that

A

young fortinbras will not attack denmark

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10
Q

young fortinbras asks claudius permission for what

A

traveling through denmark in order to invade poland

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11
Q

“More matter with less art””
spekaer? to who?
meaning

A

gertrude to polonius

get to the point, stop being wordy

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12
Q

what is a fishmonger

A

a pimp

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13
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why does hamlet call polonius a fishmonger

A

because he is using his daughter

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14
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why does hamlet put on his antic disposition

A

so he can get close to claudius

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15
Q

“in the secret parts of fortune? O, most true; she is a a strumpet
What’s the news?”

A

hamlet

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16
Q

“denmarks a prison”

A

hamlet

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17
Q

comparing denmark to a prison is an allusion to what book

A

paradise lost

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18
Q

what does hamlet realize about R and G

A

that they are there to spy on him

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19
Q

to hamlet, the sky is the _______ of _____ and man is the _____ of ____

A

congregation of vapors

man is the quintessence of dust

20
Q

having no delight in men at the time meant that one would not be

A

entertained

21
Q

the company of popular children is compared to a

22
Q

“when the wind is southerly I
Know a _____ from a _______
speaker?

A

hawk
handsaw
hamlet

23
Q

hamlet also calls Polonius a reference to the bible, a figure who sacrificed his own daughter

24
Q

“there must be a method to his madness”

A

polonius about hamlet

25
who was the king of troy and died during the fall of troy
Priam
26
why does hamlet tell the players to act out the slaughter of Priam
he wants to see the slaughter of a king
27
gules =
red
28
who killed priam
Pyrrhus
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who killed achillles ----pyrrhus' father
priam's son, paris
30
bisson rehum
blinding tears
31
priam's wife
hecuba
32
the player acting hecuba did what
cried
33
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.
34
what does hamlet ask them to play after the death of priam
the murder of gonzago
35
piegon liver'd means
cowardly
36
kites are b
birds of prey
37
hamlet should have already done what
fed the kites with the intestines of claudius
38
"i should have fatted all the region kites"
hamlet
39
"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
40
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
41
first scene of the play, the murder of gonzago
the mousetrap
42
how does ophelia describe how she saw hamlet
oddly dressed, loosed out of hell, stared at her as he walked out of the door
43
brevity is the soul of wit I will be brief
polonius
44
polonius says he will set up hamlet by loosing ophelia to hamlet while doing what
hiding behind curtain
45
polonius calls hamlet's madness pregnant, this means/
full of meaning
46
where does fortune live- _____ -____
strumpet, whore