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Scene 5 Flashcards

1
Q

What duty does Hamlet have towards his father?

A

Filial duty

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2
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Why is there a disproportionate line length shared between Hamlet and his father?

A

To show the ghost as an authoritarian figue

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3
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What does hamlets interaction with the ghost of his father parallel?

A

Polonius and Ophelia relationship

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4
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‘Speak, i am ……… to hear’

A

Bound

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5
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‘……….,……….. O …….. if thou didst ever thy dear father love’

A

List

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6
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‘Till the foul cries den in my days of nature are….

A

Burnt and purgd away’

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7
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What does the ghost speech represent conflict between?

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The catholic beleif of purgatory and the protestant grilde of hell.

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8
Q

‘Revenge this ….. and most unnatural murder’

A

Foul

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9
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Murder most ….. at best

A

Foul

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10
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But this most …… strange and unnatural

A

Foul

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11
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what word does the ghost of old hamlet repeat when describing his murder?

A

Foul

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12
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‘haste me to know’t that i with….’

A

Wings as swift

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13
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‘May sweep to my…’

A

Revenge

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14
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‘A ……. Stung me’ what does this reference?

A

Serpent. References the garden of Eden to suggest that Claudius is blasphemous and deceitful

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15
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‘Thy …….. all alone shall live’

A

Commandment

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16
Q

‘Forged process of my death….’

A

Rankly abus’d

17
Q

‘Ay, that ……… and adulterate beast’

A

Incestuous

18
Q

What is the ghost tone?

A

Imperative or demanding

19
Q

Hamlet says ‘I have….’

A

Swornt

20
Q

What was the name of Shakespeare’s son?

A

Hamnet

21
Q

When did Shakespeare’s son die?

A

1596 - 5 years before Hamlet was performed

22
Q

Shakespeare losing his only son may have influenced whose relationship?

A

Hamlet and his fathers

23
Q

‘All duties seem …….. to hamlet’ (Van Goethe)

A

Holy

24
Q

‘Hamlet is rather an …….. than an agent’ (Johnson)

A

Instrument

25
Q

‘…………………. Remember me’

A

Adieu, adieu, adieu.

26
Q

‘Let not the royal bed of Denmark be…’

A

A cough for luxury and damned incest

27
Q

What does the ghost tell hamlet to do to his mother?

A

Leave her be, suggesting she wasn’t involved in the killing of old hamlet

28
Q

‘I’ll wipe away all ………….. records’

A

Tricks fond

29
Q

‘O most ……… woman’

A

Pernicious

30
Q

‘O villain, villain, smiling…..’

A

Damned villain

31
Q

‘It is….’

A

Adieu adieu remember me

32
Q

‘To put an antic….’

A

Disposition on

33
Q

What mindset does Hamlets vengeful attitude represent? And what does it contrast?

A

A medieval mindset to contrast his past Renaissance mindset

34
Q

‘O cursed…..’

A

Spite

35
Q

‘O cursed spite that i was ever born to…..’

A

Set it right

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