Hamlet: Women

Question 1

‘I’ll _____ my __________ to him’

Answer 1

‘I’ll loose my daughter to him’

A2 S2

Question 2

‘I think _________, my lord’

Answer 2

‘I think nothing, my lord’

A3 S2

Question 3

‘________ a ______ if you have it not.’

Answer 3

‘Assume a virtue if you have it not.’

A3 S4 (Hamlet to Gertrude)

Question 4

‘God hath given you one ____ and you ______ yourselves __________’

Answer 4

‘God hath given you one face and you make yourselves another’

A3 S1 (Claudius about women)

Question 5

‘________, thy name is _______’

Answer 5

‘Frailty, thy name is woman’

A1 S2 (Hamlet)

Question 6

‘Is thy ______ here? ________ my mother’

Answer 6

‘Is thy union here? Follow my mother’

A5 S2 (Hamlet)

Question 7

“Ophelia is _________ of thought, _________ and language.”

Answer 7

“Ophelia is deprived of thought, sexuality and language.”

Showalter (20th)

Question 8

‘The women in Hamlet are completely _____________ on ____.’

Answer 8

‘The women in Hamlet are completely dependent on men.’

Justin Rice (20th)

Question 9

Ophelia’s madness in the Kenneth Branagh 1996 production

Answer 9

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 10

‘Ophelia literally has no ______ without ______’

Answer 10

‘Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet’

Lee Edwards (20th)