Hamlet: Madness

Question 1

‘To put an antic disposition on’

Answer 1

A1 S (Hamlet)

Question 2

‘I am but mad north-north west’
‘mad in craft’

Answer 2

A2 S2 (Hamlet)
A3 S4

Question 3

‘To be, or not to be, that is the question:’

Answer 3

A3 S1 (Hamlet)

Question 5

‘Mad as the sea and wind when both contend which is the mightier’

Answer 5

A4 S1 (Gertrude)

Question 6

‘Poor Ophelia divided from herself and her fair judgement’

Answer 6

A4 S5

Question 7

Ophelia’s madness in the Kenneth Branagh 1996 production

Answer 7

ACT 4 SCENE 5:

• Ophelia is laying on the floor, wearing a straight jacket and head strap
• Ophelia hysterically dances and sings to herself

(reflects her madness and insanity/shows her poor treatment within the court)

Question 8

‘Once these ____ influences are removed and these ______________ no longer define Ophelia, she loses her _______ and becomes ____’

Answer 8

‘Once these male influences are removed and these descriptions no longer define Ophelia, she loses her identity and becomes mad’

Heather Brown, 2016

Question 9

‘There need by no ______, then, that Hamlet’s ____________ was really _______’

Answer 9

‘There need by no doubt, then, that Hamlet’s madness was really feigned’

Alexander W Crawford, C.21