Scene 2 Flashcards
(42 cards)
What does Claudius speak in?
Iambic pentameter
What is Hamlet dressed in?
Black
‘Though yet of hamlet our dear …………. Death’
Brothers
Why does Claudius use plural voice in his speech in 1.2?
To unite the royal court, suggesting that they share the same grief
‘Memory be ……..’
Green
‘To bear our…’
Hearts in grief
‘In one brow of…’
Woe
‘Claudius shows every sign of being an excellent …… and king’ (Knight)
Diplomat
How does Claudius deal with the threat of Young Fortinbras?
In a diplomatic way, choosing to writer to Norway (the uncle of young Fortinbras)
‘With an auspicious and a dropping ….’
Eye
‘Nor have we herein barr’d your…;
Between wisdoms
In the Branagh version, what does Claudius do with the letter to show strength?
He tears it up
How is Claudius different to old Hamlet?
He’s much more diplomatic then the violent, warrior like old Hamlet
Hamlet is dressed in ‘suits of ……… black’
Solemn
What words does Claudius use to appear balanced and logical?
‘Therefore/ though/ yet’
‘………… madam? Nay, it is. I know not ‘………’
Seems / seems
‘A little more than kin, and less than …..’
Kind
‘I have than within which passes …….’
Show
‘Ay, ……… it is common’
Madam
What formal term does hamlet call his mother?
Madam
What technique is ‘a little more than kin, and less than kind’
A pun
What negator does hamlet repeat to his mother?
Nor
‘But i have that within which passes …….. these but the trappings and the suits of ……’
Show / woe
‘For they are actions that a man might …..’
Play
