hamlet act 3 Flashcards
what is happening in the beginning of the act
R and G are reporting to the king that hamlet’s madness is crafts
who does hamlet invite to watch the players because he is joyful of them
gertrude and claudius
“with all my heart; and it doth much content me
to hear him so inclined”
speaker?
FL>
claudius
irony
“The harlot’s cheek, beautied with plastering art,
Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it
Than is my deed to my most painted word”
speaker?
what type of imagery?
claudius
art imagery
what is the outrageous fortune in to be or not to be
uncle murdered father and married mother
what is take arms against a sea of troubles in to be or not to be
suicide
what is sea of troubles in to be or not to be
what life is bringin him
what ends all heartache?
sleep- death
however, when we die, what type of ______ will we have
dreams
who is the oppresor in to be or not to be
claudius
what is “law’s delay” in to be or not to be
killing people who kill my father
what is “quietus” in to be or not to be
peaceful end
what is “bare bodskin” in to be or not to be
an unsheathed knife
what are fardels in to be or not to be
hardships
“who would _____ bear”
fardels
what is the undiscovered country which no one can come back from
death
two of hamlet’s character flaws
conscience
thought
“enterprises of great pitch” represents
action
“and moment with this regard their currents turn awry and lose the name of action” means
no action
orisons =
prayers
what does ophelia give back to hamlet
“senior ring”
“and with them words of so sweet breath composed
as made the things more rich. Their perfume lost”
speaker?
listener?
meaning?
ophelia to hamlet
ophelia gave back hamlet’s “senior ring” saying he was nice when he first gave it to her but now he has turned cold
why does hamlet tell ophelia to go to a nunnery
so she won’t be able to breed
“where’s your father”
speaker to who
meaning
hamlet to ophelia
hamlet knows that polonius is spying
“I have heard of your paintings too”
speaker to who?
hamlet to ophelia
“the courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword,
the expectancy and rose of the fair state
the glass of fashion and the mould of form”
speaker to who>
meaning?
ophelia to hamlet
describing prince of denmark
wantoness =
lack of morals
“like sweet bells jangled out of tune and harsh,
that unmatch’d form and feature of blown youth
blasted with ectasy”
speaker to who?
meaning?
ophelia to hamlet
what hamlet is now
paint imagery represents the theme of
apperance v.s. reality
what other type of imagery is present
music imagery
what does claudius think about hamlet after watching him and ophelia
that hamlet isn’t lovesick, but suspicious.
what does claudius want to do with hamlet
send him to england
appearance vs. reality of claudius wanting to send hamlet to england
app- clear his mind, collect tribute
reality-murder
what does polonius decide at the end of scene 1
that he will spy on hamlet when he is talking to gertrude
“it shall be so
madness in great ones must not unwatch’d go”
speaker?
fl>
claudius
ironic- the king should be watched
how many scenes are in this act
4
“it out-herods herod”
speaker?
meaning?
hamlet to actors
if you/re playing herod, just play herod, be realistic
hamlet’s advice to actos
be realistic, imitate humanity
“to hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature”
speaker?
meaning?
hamlet to actors telling how to act
who does hamlet choose, why?
horation
level- headed
he takes whatever fate is thrown at him
he can’t be played upon like a pipe
“that theyy are not a pipe for fortune’s finger”
spekaer to who/
hamlet to horatio
“the lady doth protest too much, methinks”
speaker?
queen-
who is the mouse
claudius
jove =
jupiter/ king hamlet
peacock, pajock =
claudius
how did claudius leave the theater
runnign out, calling for light, the darkness (guilt) overwhelmed him
roman emperor who murdered his mother
nero
who are now yes man to claudius
r and g
why are r and g yes man to the king
protecting king
uses wheel with spoke metaphor
if one spoke gets out of place, disaster everywhere
what will r and g do
tie hamlet up
“It is as easy as lying”
meaning?
hamlet to r and g, he’s getting tired of them
when is the technicial climax
act 3 scene 3
why will hamlet be taken to england
he’s dangerous when he’s mad
“since nature makes them partial”
speaker?
meanign?
polonius about hamlet and mother, how mother might become partial to her son and lie to the king
“were thicker than itself with brother’s blood is a reference to
cain killing abel
“is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
to was it white as snow”
king
reference to macbeth
“may one be pardon’d and retain the offence”
speaker?
meanign?
king
can he pray out of sin while keeping crown
words of technical climax
Up sword- hamlet
“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.
Words without thoughts never to heaven go”
spekaer?
meaning
king
there was no sincere prayer, he couldn’t
primal means
first brother murder
two times to prayer
before and after
why does hamlet not kill claudius
he sees claudius praying, he does not want claudius to go to heaven.
how does polonius get poetic justice
live by spying, die by spying
“I took thee for thy better”
speaker to what
hamlet to polonius’s dead body
who is compared to mildew and a moor
claudius
“this visitation
is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose”
speaker?
blunted purpose?
ghost
telling hamlet that he is supposed to be killing claudius
