Why does Polonius send Reynaldo to Paris?
To get Hamlet's friends to come spy on him.
Why is Ophelia frightened by Hamlet?
He is acting crazy
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Why have they come to Elsinore?
Hamlets childhood friends. They've come to see what's wrong with him.
What do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern agree to do? are they betraying their friend, Hamlet?
Talk to Hamlet and report to king Claudius - Hamlet thinks they are, but they're really trying to help
What is the bedridden King of Norway's response to Claudius's request?
He has reigned in Fortinbras, who will battle the poles instead of the Danes and asked to pass through their land
Who wrote the love letter that Polonius reads to Claudius and Gertrude? Why does he read it?
Hamlet - to prove that Hamlet is love sick
What is Polonius's plan for proving that Hamlet's odd behavior is the result of love madness?
To let Hamlet talk with Ophelia while Polonius and king Claudius secretly watch
How does Hamlet feel about seeing his old friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? What do they tell him?
He feels suspicious - they tell him that they are supposed to watch him and report to the king and queen
What does Hamlet request the traveling players to perform? Why?
Murders of Gonzago. Because it illustrates his fathers death.
Couplet
In a poem, a pair of lines that are the same length and usually rhyme and form a complete thought.
Elegy
A poem that laments the death of a person, or one that is simply sad and thoughtful.
Enjambment
The continuation of a complete idea (a sentence or clause) from one line or couplet of a poem to the next line or couplet without a pause.
Epic
A long, serious poem that tells the story of a heroic figure
Epigram
A very short, witty poem
Figure of speech
A verbal expression in which words or sounds are arranged in a particular way to achieve a particular effect.
Foot
two or more syllables that together make up the smallest unit of rhythm in a poem
free verse (also vers libre)
Poetry composed of either rhymed or unrhymed lines that have no set meter.
Haiku
A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables
Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which deliberate exaggeration is used for emphasis
Who agrees to lead...and attacks Poland?
Fortinbras
Who was told to spy on Laertes?
Reynaldo
Who can't decide if the ghost is good or bad?
Hamlet
Who refuses to accept Hamlet's letters?
Ophelia
Who admits to Hamlet that the queen told them to?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Who makes a plan to watch Hamlet and Ophelia?
Polonius
Polonius quote to Hamlet about madness and its meaning
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
Hamlet is speaking crazy, but it kind of has reason in it
Hamlet's quote about conscience and its meaning
More relative than this. The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
He's going to use the re-enactment of the death of the father in the play to see if he's guilty.
Hamlet's quote about piece of work and its meaning
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!"
Man is the noblest of all God's pieces of work.
The Queen's quote about art
More matter with less art."
She's saying more substance and less rhetoric.