Rest of Scene 3, Scene 4 & 5 Flashcards
(scene 3) Polonius to Ophelia, after asking about her relationship with Hamlet: “Be something scanter of your maiden presence.”
maiden: …
maidenhood: …
young unmarried woman; virginity
(scene 3) Polonius calls Ophelia a …, says that she is too … of one as well
prostitute; cheap
(scene 3) Polonius tells Ophelia that she is no longer allowed to …
see or talk to Hamlet
(scene 4) “two pieces goes off”: refers to …, what is happening:
canons; king is getting drunk
(scene 4) “swagg’ring uprsing reels”:
dancing
(scene 4) this whole canon drinking thing is tradition, but it never happened …, this heavy revelry reflects on …→ …., Claudius is a … to both … and …
often; nation; bad reputation; danger; family; nation
(scene 4) Hamlet: I didn’t choose this, but I’m forced to
carry these thoughts
(scene 4) Hamlet more prepared to talk to ghost than
Horatio
(scene 4) Hamlet’s 1st question to ghost: are you an ….? is this … or ..?
angel or a demon?; divine intervention; a hellish trick?
(scene 4) beliefs of Christians concerning Devil at the time:
- …
- one intention → …/ make you …
- Devil is …. than …
- Devil can …
exists; take your soul; give; smarter; all people; assume any pleasing shape
(scene 4) Hamlet fears
hell/devil
(scene 4) Hamlet asks to know what to
call ghost
(scene 4) Ghost “…” →
beckons; calls Hamlet forth
(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 …
take his soul; suicide; hell
(scene 4) Concerning ghost, Horatio has some fears for Hamlet that Hamlet …., this proves that hes a good friend
has for himself
(scene 4) Hamlet goes with ghost despite …, he threatens to …, horatio thinks he isn’t in the …
friends trying to hold him back; cut them; right state of mind
(scene 4) “something is rotten in the state of Denmark” stated by …, echoes Hamlet’s statement from …
Marcellus; soliloquy
(scene 5) Shakespeare’s tragedies filled with …, there is something tragic about …
imperatives; being told what to do
(scene 5) sounds like ghost is in … → “sulf’rous & tormenting flames”
Hell
(scene 5) afterlives that people believed in at the time:
1) ….
2) …→ … to …, … for …
3) … → …, where souls of … go
4) …→ …-… without … ,for eternity
heaven; purgatory; purge; burn clean; waiting room; heaven; limbo; nonexistent; unbaptized babies; hell; despair; suffering; hope
(scene 5) ghost could be from …. or …
purgatory; hell
(scene 5) if ghost is from hell→ …
from purgatory→ ghost should not be leading Hamlet to something …, as it is trying to …
motives are suspect; wrong; get to heaven
(scene 5) ghost tells Hamlet not to
pity him
(scene 5) Hamlet: “I am bound to hear”
bound hear means …,
ghost says Hamlet is bound to …
tied; revenge
(scene 5) ghost in …→ forbidden to tell of … as it would cause Hamlet …., it sounds …
purgatory; secret prison-house; physical harm; hellish
(scene 5) ghost tells of King H’s …, story: …
murder; serpent stung him
(scene 5) truth of King Hamlet’s death: … killed him “The serpent that did sting thy father’s life/ Now wears his crown.”
Claudius
(scene 5) Hamlet agrees to … → would have to …
take revenge; kill claudius
(scene 5) to kill Claudius would be … and … which is punishable by …, it is also the killing of ….. it is …, … along with murder
regicide; treason; death; god’s representative on earth; unlawful; sinful
(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 … …
die; go to hell; devil; soul; suspicious; mortal; immortal life
(scene 5) ghost calls Claudius an …., so Gertrude is also …, ghost also calls it … just as Hamlet believed
adulterer; adulterer; incest
(scene 5) Claudius seduced Gertrude with … and …, the first blank means
wits; gifts; charm + intellect
(scene 5) “seeming-virtuous queen”: ghost using Hamlet’s … to describe …
language; Claudius and Gertrude’s marriage
(scene 5) “O Hamlet, what a falling off was there!”: Ghost insisting that Gertrude’s …, did Gertrude somehow …?
lust led to this; participate
(scene 5) according to ghost, King Hamlet’s death was …, ….. the poison used was …., which was poured into King Hamlet’s …→…, causes body to …, ….
hateful; violent; hebona; ear; fast-working; decay; blood curdled
(scene 5) if ghost’s account of murder is true, Claudius is more villainous than we thought→ wanted brother’s death to be
ugly
(scene 5) 4 things Claudius took from King Hamlet:
- …
- …
- …
- ability to … → one sin of King Hamlet’s was …., Claudius took away his ….
life; crown; queen; confess; murdering King Fortinbras; chance of heaven
(scene 5) ghost asks Hamlet for one thing before leaving: kill Claudius but do not …. → let her be …..
hurt Gertrude; drowned by her own guilt
(scene 5) Hamlet uncertain of ghost’s …, continues to …→ proves how …/… he is
nature; question it; cunning; intelligent
(scene 5) Hamlet’s uncertainty indicates that he is …
careful
(scene 5) Hamlet’s metaphor: mind as …, pages are …, he will rip out all other “pages” except … (part of which is to …)
notebook; memories; ghost’s command; leave Gertrude alone
(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 …
Gertrude; anger; Gertrude; angst; command properly
(scene 5) Hamlet: “O wonderful!” when talking to Horatio and others, abruptly …., his mood was different before …
changed personality; others came
(scene 5) Horatio sees through
Hamlet’s cover-up
(scene 5) Hamlet doesn’t want to … in the treason, acting crazy so they would …
involve horatio and friends; leave him alone
(scene 5) Hamlet calls ghost “…”, Ham (in my opinion) … word of ghost
honest; believed
(scene 5) Essential question of play that scholars have been unable to conclusively answer: “….”
What is Hamlet’s problem?
(scene 5) Hamlet demanding that they …., so is the …!,
swear to secrecy; ghost
(scene 5) ghost is willing to …→they are complicit in …, they have also heard …, it was not Hamlet …
involve Hamlet’s friends; swearing; ghost’s voice; hallucinating
(scene 5) Hamlet is adding to the swear of secrecy: from here on out: “….”
antic disposition
(scene 5) “antic disposition”: Hamlet will have a “…“→ will be pretending to be … for remainder of play, hamlet we know will …
trick way of being; something he isn’t; cease to be
(scene 5) Hamlet will be impersonating …
insanity
(scene 5) ghost wants hamlet’s friends to … about hamlet’s new disposition as well, why is he agreeing with hamlet?
swear to secrecy
(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?
broken; as they should be; fix it
