hamlet act 4 Flashcards
what does gertrude tell to claudius about hamlet
that hamlet is mad
— keeps hamlet’s promise
“it had been so with us, had we been there.”
king to queen
“besides to be demanded of a sponge”
speaker to who?
meaning?
hamlet to r and g
r and g are sponges bc they soak from hamlet and empty to the king
why can’t claudius execute hamlet
the public loves hamlet
“not where he eats, but where he is eaten”
speaker to who?
he?
hamlet to king about polonius
“if your messenger find him not there, seek him i’ the other place yourself”
speaker to who?
meaning?
hamlet to king
saying that if you don’t find polonius in heaven then you can go searching for him in hell
there is a comparison to macbeth saying i wish your horses swift hooded to what part of this play
when the king says that the bark is ready and the wind at help. the associates tend, and everything is bent for englad
“father and mother is man and wife, man wand wife is one felsh, and so, my mother. “
speaker? meaning?
hamlet
incest explanation
“do it england;
for like the hectic in my blood he rages”
speaker?
about?
king about killing hamlet “do it”
hamlet rages in claudius’ blood
fate in this act
hamlet running into fortinbras
describe the land that fortinbras is fighting for
worthless,
why is fortinbras fighting
he is a man of action
the land is compared to what
straw and eggshell
“will not debate the quesiton of this _____ “
speaker
____?
meaning?
straw
hamlet
"looking before and after, gave us not that capability and godlike reason to fust in us unused." speaker? meaning?
hamlet
we weren’t given brain and ability to rust them over
the land that fortinbras’ men is fighting for won’t even
be big enough to hold all their graves.
led y a delicate and tender prince?
who is the prince and speaker
prince- fortinbras
speaker-hamelt
"even for an \_\_\_\_\_\_. Rightly to be great is not to stir without great argument, but greatly to find quarrel in a straw when honor's ath the stake" speaker?
eggshell
hamelt is the speaker
describes fortinbras
“my thoughts be bloody , or be nothign worth”
meaning
hamlet finally turns into a man of action
contents of ophelia’s song
father’s death
hamlet taking her virginity
doesnt have to marry bc hamlet’s had her
hugger mugger means
secretive
“how cheerfully on the false trail they cry
O, this is counter, you false danish dogs!”
speaker
ironies?
gertrude
it is the right trail- danes going against claudius
-queen can easily change her loyalty
- false danish dogs follow laertes
who holds back laertes
gertrude
“theres such divinity doth hedge a king”
spekaer?irony?
claudius
irony- the divine right did not protect king hamlet
