Act 4: The Queen goes and tells Claudius that Hamlet is truly mad and that he killed Polonius. Claudius tells Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to go find Hamlet and asks where he hid the body. Because Rosencrantz and Guildenstern betrayed Hamlet‚ he refuses to tell them where Polonius’body is. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern take Hamlet to see Claudius. Hamlet even refuses to tell Claudius where the body is‚ and Claudius tells Hamlet that he will be sending him to England for safety. Claudius sends Rosencrantz
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Hamlet: Act 1 Assignment 1. In Hamlets speech on line 165 of Act 1‚ Scene 5‚ he makes his friends swear upon his sword that they will not reveal anything that they had seen or heard that night. In this scene the sword is a symbol much like the cross; if an individual was asked to swear upon a cross they are likely to keep that promise because they know that they are making a promise with God or with a greater power. He later goes on to make them insist that if they believe his actions are “strange
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Hamlet Active Reading Notes: Act III‚ Scene I 1. Characters Character Traits Gertrude Queen of Denmark‚ Caring “Did you assay him?” (14) Shows emotion of the Queen towards Hamlet Claudius King of Denmark Demanding “And can you by no drift of conference / Get from him why he puts on this confusion‚ / Grating so harshly all his days of quiet / With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?” (14) Demands to know why Rosencrantz and Guildenstern can’t get the truth out of Hamlet Hamlet Son of the late King Hamlet
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clear through many examples from the text that the kingdom as a unit experiences the grief of losing their king and others throughout the play both as one dysfunctional family and individually. The individuals in this dysfunctional family include: Hamlet‚ Gertrude‚ Claudius‚ Polonius‚ Laertes‚ and Ophelia. A major tenet of the ‘Five Stages’ theory which is vital to understanding its practical use is that one is not required to go through the five stages in order‚ nor is one required to go through
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In Act I of Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Horatio’s role is to be a witness and friend. Horatio is Hamlet’s friend from Wittenberg University; he is well-educated. Horatio is trusted by Hamlet‚ and he is used by Bernardo and Marcellus because of Hamlet’s trust in him. One of aspect in Act one is Horatio’s role as a witness. The Act starts with Bernardo and Marcellus bringing Horatio to stand watch with them to show him the “ghost” that they had seen. Horatio refused to believe them about the ghost‚ he was
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Hamlet Act three Hamlet‚ Act three reveals the true personalities of the characters. Hamlet is impulsive and vengeful‚ which we see when he kills Polonius and insults his mother for marrying her deceased husband’s brother. Hamlet is upset about Ophelia’s rejection of him and about his father’s murder. As a result‚ he takes his anger out on both his mother and Ophelia. He acts as though he never loved Ophelia and he calls women “two faced” and “untrustworthy”. Hamlet speaks honestly to his mother
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Hamlet Quotations Act 1 INSTRUCTIONS: For each quote: (a) Identify the speaker‚ to whom it is addressed‚ and the situation‚ (b) Explain (in detail) the significance of the quote in terms of all that apply: themes‚ character revelation‚ plot development‚ dramatic devices (irony‚ foreshadowing…)‚ poetic devices (simile‚ metaphor‚ alliteration…)‚ etc. (c) Upload to turnitin.com EXAMPLE: “This bodes some strange eruption to our state.” (a) Horatio is speaking to Marcellus; Horatio is referring to the ghost of Hamlet Sr
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I believe Hamlet isn’t pretending and is actually going mad because •He acted very strange infront of Ophelia and it genuinely scared her‚ and because she loves him and knows him sos well she knows something is really wrong. "Lord Hamlet‚ with his doublet all unbraced;/ No hat upon his head‚ his stockings foul’d‚/ Ungarter’d‚ and down-gyved to his ankle;/Pale as his shirt; his knees knocking each other‚/And with a look so piteous in purport/As if he had been loosed out of hell/To speak of horrors
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Act III questions Read the exchange between Hamlet and Ophelia carefully. Why is he so bitter towards her? When Hamlet sees Ophelia coming‚ he calls her‚ “The fair Ophelia!” and speaks fondly of her. Though as soon as she starts speaking to him in a formal way because she knows she’s being watched and returns the gifts to Hamlet‚ he realises something is up and they’re being watched. He feels tricked and trapped and so he asks Ophelia what she seems to be‚ “Are you honest?... Are you fair?”. Hamlet
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short first scene of Act IV bases on Gertrude’s selling out of her child‚ handing him over to the ruler in the wake of having guaranteed to help him. While she keeps her guarantee not to uncover that Hamlet was just putting on a show to be crazy‚ the prompt and blunt path in which she educates Claudius concerning Hamlet’s conduct and his murder of Polonius suggests that she considers herself to be united to the ruler as opposed to her child. Whether Gertrude truly trusts Hamlet to be frantic‚ or has
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