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Rest of Scene 3, Scene 4 & 5 Flashcards

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1
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(scene 3) Polonius to Ophelia, after asking about her relationship with Hamlet: “Be something scanter of your maiden presence.”

maiden: …
maidenhood: …

A

young unmarried woman; virginity

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(scene 3) Polonius calls Ophelia a …, says that she is too … of one as well

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prostitute; cheap

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(scene 3) Polonius tells Ophelia that she is no longer allowed to …

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see or talk to Hamlet

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(scene 4) “two pieces goes off”: refers to …, what is happening:

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canons; king is getting drunk

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5
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(scene 4) “swagg’ring uprsing reels”:

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dancing

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(scene 4) this whole canon drinking thing is tradition, but it never happened …, this heavy revelry reflects on …→ …., Claudius is a … to both … and …

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often; nation; bad reputation; danger; family; nation

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(scene 4) Hamlet: I didn’t choose this, but I’m forced to

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carry these thoughts

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(scene 4) Hamlet more prepared to talk to ghost than

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Horatio

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(scene 4) Hamlet’s 1st question to ghost: are you an ….? is this … or ..?

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angel or a demon?; divine intervention; a hellish trick?

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10
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(scene 4) beliefs of Christians concerning Devil at the time:

  1. …
  2. one intention → …/ make you …
  3. Devil is …. than …
  4. Devil can …
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exists; take your soul; give; smarter; all people; assume any pleasing shape

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(scene 4) Hamlet fears

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hell/devil

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(scene 4) Hamlet asks to know what to

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call ghost

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13
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(scene 4) Ghost “…” →

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beckons; calls Hamlet forth

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(scene 4) Ghost beckoning– Horatio doesn’t believe Hamlet should go → potential that Devil can …, ghost could potentially bring him to … which would lead him to …

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take his soul; suicide; hell

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15
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(scene 4) Concerning ghost, Horatio has some fears for Hamlet that Hamlet …., this proves that hes a good friend

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has for himself

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(scene 4) Hamlet goes with ghost despite …, he threatens to …, horatio thinks he isn’t in the …

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friends trying to hold him back; cut them; right state of mind

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17
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(scene 4) “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” stated by …, echoes Hamlet’s statement from …

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Marcellus; soliloquy

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(scene 5) Shakespeare’s tragedies filled with …, there is something tragic about …

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imperatives; being told what to do

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(scene 5) sounds like ghost is in … → “sulf’rous & tormenting flames”

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Hell

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20
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(scene 5) afterlives that people believed in at the time:

1) ….
2) …→ … to …, … for …
3) … → …, where souls of … go
4) …→ …-… without … ,for eternity

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heaven; purgatory; purge; burn clean; waiting room; heaven; limbo; nonexistent; unbaptized babies; hell; despair; suffering; hope

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21
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(scene 5) ghost could be from …. or …

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purgatory; hell

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22
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(scene 5) if ghost is from hell→ …

from purgatory→ ghost should not be leading Hamlet to something …, as it is trying to …

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motives are suspect; wrong; get to heaven

23
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(scene 5) ghost tells Hamlet not to

A

pity him

24
Q

(scene 5) Hamlet: “I am bound to hear”
bound hear means …,
ghost says Hamlet is bound to …

A

tied; revenge

25
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(scene 5) ghost in …→ forbidden to tell of … as it would cause Hamlet …., it sounds …

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purgatory; secret prison-house; physical harm; hellish

26
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(scene 5) ghost tells of King H’s …, story: …

A

murder; serpent stung him

27
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(scene 5) truth of King Hamlet’s death: … killed him “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life/ Now wears his crown.”

A

Claudius

28
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(scene 5) Hamlet agrees to … → would have to …

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take revenge; kill claudius

29
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(scene 5) to kill Claudius would be … and … which is punishable by …, it is also the killing of ….. it is …, … along with murder

A

regicide; treason; death; god’s representative on earth; unlawful; sinful

30
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(scene 5) if hamlet listens to ghost and kills claudius, he’ll … and …→ … gets …, ghost is a … figure, Hamlet would be damning both his … and … …

A

die; go to hell; devil; soul; suspicious; mortal; immortal life

31
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(scene 5) ghost calls Claudius an …., so Gertrude is also …, ghost also calls it … just as Hamlet believed

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adulterer; adulterer; incest

32
Q

(scene 5) Claudius seduced Gertrude with … and …, the first blank means

A

wits; gifts; charm + intellect

33
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(scene 5) “seeming-virtuous queen”: ghost using Hamlet’s … to describe …

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language; Claudius and Gertrude’s marriage

34
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(scene 5) “O Hamlet, what a falling off was there!”: Ghost insisting that Gertrude’s …, did Gertrude somehow …?

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lust led to this; participate

35
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(scene 5) according to ghost, King Hamlet’s death was …, ….. the poison used was …., which was poured into King Hamlet’s …→…, causes body to …, ….

A

hateful; violent; hebona; ear; fast-working; decay; blood curdled

36
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(scene 5) if ghost’s account of murder is true, Claudius is more villainous than we thought→ wanted brother’s death to be

A

ugly

37
Q

(scene 5) 4 things Claudius took from King Hamlet:

  1. …
  2. …
  3. …
  4. ability to … → one sin of King Hamlet’s was …., Claudius took away his ….
A

life; crown; queen; confess; murdering King Fortinbras; chance of heaven

38
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(scene 5) ghost asks Hamlet for one thing before leaving: kill Claudius but do not …. → let her be …..

A

hurt Gertrude; drowned by her own guilt

39
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(scene 5) Hamlet uncertain of ghost’s …, continues to …→ proves how …/… he is

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nature; question it; cunning; intelligent

40
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(scene 5) Hamlet’s uncertainty indicates that he is …

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careful

41
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(scene 5) Hamlet’s metaphor: mind as …, pages are …, he will rip out all other “pages” except … (part of which is to …)

A

notebook; memories; ghost’s command; leave Gertrude alone

42
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(scene 5) despite Hamlet’s resolve to forget all else except ghost’s command, he still says “O most pernicious woman”, referring to …, emphasizing his … against …, specific … against her→ feels especially betrayed by her, he will have trouble fulfilling ghost’s …

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Gertrude; anger; Gertrude; angst; command properly

43
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(scene 5) Hamlet: “O wonderful!” when talking to Horatio and others, abruptly …., his mood was different before …

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changed personality; others came

44
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(scene 5) Horatio sees through

A

Hamlet’s cover-up

45
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(scene 5) Hamlet doesn’t want to … in the treason, acting crazy so they would …

A

involve horatio and friends; leave him alone

46
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(scene 5) Hamlet calls ghost “…”, Ham (in my opinion) … word of ghost

A

honest; believed

47
Q

(scene 5) Essential question of play that scholars have been unable to conclusively answer: “….”

A

What is Hamlet’s problem?

48
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(scene 5) Hamlet demanding that they …., so is the …!,

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swear to secrecy; ghost

49
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(scene 5) ghost is willing to …→they are complicit in …, they have also heard …, it was not Hamlet …

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involve Hamlet’s friends; swearing; ghost’s voice; hallucinating

50
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(scene 5) Hamlet is adding to the swear of secrecy: from here on out: “….”

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antic disposition

51
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(scene 5) “antic disposition”: Hamlet will have a “…“→ will be pretending to be … for remainder of play, hamlet we know will …

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trick way of being; something he isn’t; cease to be

52
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(scene 5) Hamlet will be impersonating …

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insanity

53
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(scene 5) ghost wants hamlet’s friends to … about hamlet’s new disposition as well, why is he agreeing with hamlet?

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swear to secrecy

54
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(scene 5) Hamlet: “The time is out of joint. O cursed spite/ That ever I was born to set it right!”: Everything is …, things are not …, and I was born to …
Is this real Hamlet, or is he trying to make it seem like he thinks of himself as a hero as part of his antic disposition?

A

broken; as they should be; fix it

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