Hamlet Review

Question 0

Actor who plays Hamlet

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Mel Gibson

Question 1

Actress who plays the Queen Gertrude

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Glenn Close

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A collection of plays

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Folio

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A manuscript of a single play

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Quarto

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Revenge play is

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Requires a crime, usually a murder

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Talking with alone or regardless of any hearers present; device in a drama to present a character’s thoughts

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Soliloquy

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Stage direction to exit

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Exeunt

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Then

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Anon

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Church (law)

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Canon

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An inconstant person

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Chameleon

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To name

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Clepe

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Ordinary; but also, vulgar

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Common

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Vulgar or obscene affairs

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Country matters

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Sadness

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Dirth

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A mythical poison

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Hebenon

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A virgin

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Maid

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Happiness

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Mirth

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Cain killing his brother Abel (biblically, the first murder)

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Primal eldest curse

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Tradition of safety and refuge in a church

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Sanctuary

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Suicide

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Self-slaughter

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Drink

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Wassail

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To court,romance

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Woo

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Lying

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Calumny

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Criticism

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Censure

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Forbidden to suicides

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Christian burial

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Commoner; rustic

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Clown

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Dead body

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Corse

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Relative beyond the nuclear family

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Cousin

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Silent

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Dumb

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Villain

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Knave

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Truly

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Marry

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Allies of the Norwegians

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Polacks

Question 32

Face; facial expression

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Visage

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Usual

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Wonted

Question 34

Shakespeare considered his art to be his __. However moderns generally know and consider Shakespeare’s __ as his greatest artistic achievements. Many critics and philosophers rate Hamlet Prince of Denmark as___.

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• sonnets and other formal verse
• drama
• The best of these plays

Question 35

The reputation of Hamlet is due to its?

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durable “truth” about human psychology, its influence on Anglo-American culture – particularly it’s contribution of allusions, and the character prince hamlet as a modern man.

Question 36

Prince hamlet is considered a modern man because…

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Hamlets choice of “to be or not to be” (to do/act or not to) to modern’s need to judge facts and understand motivations before making decisions (remembering too, that not decide is to decide).

Question 37

Claudius’s marriage with Gertrude is

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Incestous

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Being a gentleman meant being a

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Warrior

Question 39

For the actor, a difficulty in performing the role of Hamlet (especially live onstage) concerns …

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keeping the drawn-out death scene seem serious for the audience; the repeated “i am dead” May become comedic or farcical.

Question 40

Text for this film primarily sources from

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Qaurto II and First Folio

Question 41

Columbine represents
Daisy
Fennel
Rue
Violet

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• disloyalty,in gratitude
• infidelity
• flattery
• sorrow,repentance
• faithfulness