Hamlet (3/05/15)

Question 1

THE GHOST

Answer 1

Pushes the plot forward / Pushes Hamlet to act /

Question 2

CLAUDIUS

Answer 2

King of Denmark / Hamlet Sr.’s brother /

Question 2

GERTRUDE

Answer 2

Queen of Denmark / Widow of Hamlet Sr. / Now married to King Claudius /

Question 4

HAMLET

Answer 4

Prince of Denmark / Son of Hamlet Sr. and Gertrude / Indecisive /

Question 6

POLONIUS

Answer 6

King Claudius’s advisor /

Question 7

LAERTES

Answer 7

Polonius’s Son

Question 8

LIST:

What are the two reasons why King Hamlet (Sr.) was a bad King?

Answer 8

1) He engage in combat

2) “Angry Parle” (punched someone at a peace meeting)

Question 9

HORATIO

Answer 9

Hamlet’s good school friend (from Wittenberg) / Not ruled by emotion /

Question 10

OPHELIA

Answer 10

Polonius’s daughter / Hamlet’s love

Question 11

Wittenberg

Answer 11

The school Hamlet and Horatio attended / Famous for the historical event Martin Luther & 95 thesis /

Question 12

REYNALDO

Answer 12

Polonius’s servant /

Question 13

What is the school of Wittenberg a symbol of?

Answer 13

Logic over tradition

Question 14

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Answer 14

Hamlet’s childhood friends /

Question 15

What are the names of the officers and soldiers on watch In Act 1?

Answer 15

BERNARDO / FRANCISCO / MARCELLUS /

Question 16

FORTENBRAS Jr.

Answer 16

The Prince of Norway /

Question 17

LIST:

Who are the 3 revengers in the play Hamlet?

Answer 17

1) Hamlet
2) Laertes
3) Fortinbras (Jr.)

Question 18

Revengers Tragedy

Answer 18

A tragedy about a character that becomes corrupt trying to find justice /

Question 19

Norway vs. Denmark

Answer 19

Fortinbras vs. Hamlet / There is a war going on /

Question 20

Why is it important at the beginning of the play, that there be a war going on between Norway & Denmark?

Answer 20

The guards need a reason to be out there at night, so that they can see Hamlet Sr.’s ghost.

Question 21

Where does the play begin?

Answer 21

ELSINOR, Denmark / on the Rampart = castle walls /

Question 22

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

‘tis

Answer 22

it is

EX: “Tis bitter cold”

Question 23

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

Twill

Answer 23

it will

Question 24

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

ho

Answer 24

stop

EX: “Stand ho, who’s there?”

Question 25

Explain “The King and the land are one”

Answer 25

There’s a literal connection /
If King dies, the land dies /
King Cluadius sometimes called “Denmark” /
King Fortinbras sometimes called “Norway”

Question 26

After seeing the Ghost, why do the guards want to get Horatio?

Answer 26

Because Horatio is smart.

Question 27

Small Vocabulary:

Assail

Answer 27

to attack

Question 28

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

How now

Answer 28

What’s up?

Question 29

Hamlet is blind to _____________ but points out _____________.

Answer 29

his father’s flaws ; the flaws in King Claudius

Question 30

In the opening scene of Hamlet, what is the Ghost wearing?

Answer 30

Armor

Question 31

At the beginning of the play, Fortinbras Jr. is ___________

Answer 31

Raising up an unofficial army against Denmark

army of “Lawless results” = outlaws

Question 32

Iambic Pentameter

Answer 32

Shakespeare’s rhythm

• 5 IAMs per line
• unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
• unstressed = Today -> un. followed by stres.
• stressed = Apple -> ah (stres.) followed by un.

Question 33

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

Ere

Answer 33

before

Question 34

LIST:

What are the 4 reasons for why a Ghost would return?

Answer 34

1) Utter a Warning
2) Reveal a secret
3) Reveal a buried treasure
4) Reveal the cause of it’s death

Question 35

At the end of the opening scene, a cock crows. What does this mean?

Answer 35

It means it’s going to morning and it’s time for the ghost to leave.

Question 36

SHAKESPEARE WORD:

Hie

Answer 36

come/go (adverb of motion)

EX: “Hie thee hither” = come here

Question 37

What to the guards want to inform Hamlet of the ghost?

Answer 37

If Hamlet was there maybe the ghost would talk.