hamlet key quotes Flashcards

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1
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a little more than ____ and less than _____

A

kin , kind

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2
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______ thy name is woman

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frailty

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3
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something is ______ in the state of Denmark

A

rotten

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4
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though this be madness, yet there is ______ in’t

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method

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5
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the play’s the thing/wherein i’ll catch the ________ of the king

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conscience

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6
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get thee to a _______

A

nunnery

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7
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why wouldst thou be a ________ of sinners

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breeder

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8
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the lady doth ________ to much , me thinks

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protest

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9
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i will speak _______ to her , but use none

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daggers

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10
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O my offence is rank, it ______ to heaven

A

smells

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11
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fell in the weeping brook. her clothes spread side and ________-like

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mermaid

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12
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O, that this too, too sullied _____ would melt

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flesh

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13
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when is the quote ‘a little more than kin and less than kind said’

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In an aside from Hamlet after Getrude and Claudius are talking to him about his long mourning

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14
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why is the line ‘Frailty, thy name is women’ said

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Hamlet says this in a soliloquy discussing Getrudes hasty marriage

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15
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neither a _______ nor a _______ be…

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borrower , lender

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16
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who says the line ‘neither a borrower nor a lender be’

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polonius to laertes

17
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who says the line ‘something is rotten in the state of denmark’

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marcellus to horatio

18
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revenge his foul and most ________ murder

A

unnatural

19
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who says the line ‘most foul and unnatural murder’

A

Ghost of LKH to Hamlet - during the conversation where the ghost is having Hamlet swear to avenging the murder

20
Q

the serpent that did ______ they fathers life , now wears his ______

A

sting , crown

21
Q

to be or ____ ___ ____ that is the question

A

not to be

22
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madness in ______ ones must not _______ go

A

great , unwatched

23
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though you can ____ me you cannot play upon me

A

fret

24
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O shame, where is the ______!

A

blush

25
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who says the line ‘O shame, where is the blush!’

A

Hamlet to Getrude

26
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O from this _____ forth , my thoughts be ______ or be nothing worth

A

time , bloody

27
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too much _____ hath thou poor ophelia

A

water

28
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sweets to the _____! farewell

A

sweet

29
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who says the line sweets to the sweet! farewell

A

getrude when throwing flower petals over ophelias body

30
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the ____ , the _____’s to blame

A

king

31
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good night ______ _____, and flights of ______ sing thee to thy rest

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sweet prince , angels