Hamlet Act I

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A tragic hero
usually brings tragedy upon himself or herself

Why doesn’t Polonius want Ophelia to see Hamlet?
He is afraid she will ruin the family name or make him look bad

The final catastrophe of a tragedy is _____.
inevitable

King Hamlet had killed the father of young
Fortinbras of Norway

Horatio advises that Hamlet should be told about
the ghost appearance

At the end of first scene, how many times did Horatio see the Ghost of King Hamlet?
2

In what kind of clothes was the Ghost dressed?
a full suit of armor

Marcellus and Bernardo are soldiers.
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What is Horatio’s profession?
Student

In Act 1, scene 2, The present king of Norway is made aware of
Fortinbras’s activities.

Why does Fortibras Jr. want to attack Denmark?
to avenge his father’s death from King Hamlet Sr.

Fortinbras is the nephew of the present
King of Norway

Hamlet and Horatio were both students at
the University in Wittenberg.

The Ghost instructs Hamlet to punish
Claudius

King Hamlet died without having an opportunity to
confess and repent of his sins.

King Hamlet was in the garden
when Claudius killed him

Everyone thinks King Hamlet was killed in what way?
snake bite

How did King Hamlet actually die?
Claudius poured poison in his ear

Apparition
a ghost or an image of a person who is dead
Apparition

Polonius forbids Ophelia to
see Hamlet

Emulate
imitate
Emulate

Avouch
verb.- to vouch for; to confirm; to say something is true
Avouch

Dirge
a funeral song
Dirge

Bernardo, Marcellus, Fransisco
guards of Denmark who are all afraid because they keep seeing the ghost

Portentous
Ominous, predictive of future bad events
Portentous

Obsequious
Obedient or attentive
Obsequious

Mirth
Jollity, merriment; amusement or laughter
Mirth

Is this blank verse or prose?
BERNARDO
Who’s there?
FRANCISCO
Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself.

BERNARDO
Long live the king!
Prose
-short replies
-normal punctuation

Horatio
Hamlet’s best friend who is a student and attends Wittenberg

“Therefore our sometime sister, now our queen”
Claudius acknowledging that he married his dead brother’s wife

Polonius
Aide to King Claudius

“Cast the nighted color off, and let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark.”
Gertrude speaking to Hamlet telling him to stop looking at her like he hates her.

Laertes
son of Polonius who wishes to return to France for college

“Frailty thy name is woman!”
Hamlet, talking about his mother Gertrude

“I pray you all, if you have hitherto conceal’d this sight, let it be tenable in your silence still.”
Hamlet speaking to Horatio and the guards about seeing the Ghost

Fortinbras
Prince of Norway, looking to avenge the death of his father and reclaim land from Denmark.

“The serpent that did sting thy father’s life now wears his crown”
“the ‘snake’ that killed me is Claudius” Ghost

“Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole, with juice of cursed hebona in a vial, and in the porches of my ears did pour the leprous distillment”
The Ghost to Hamlet, “Claudius killed me by pouring poison in my ears”

Gertrude
The Queen of Denmark, mother of Hamlet and wife of Claudius

Ophelia
Polonius’ daughter who is in love with Hamlet even though his royal position would prevent their marriage.

“This above all: To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man”
Prior to leaving for France, the most important advice Laertes receives from Polonius.

Claudius
King of Denmark, Uncle to Hamlet, brother of the former king

Hamlet
Prince of Denmark, recently returned from school in Wittenberg

How long did Gertrude wait before she remarried?
2 months

The Ghost
Appears to Hamlet and tells how the former king died.

Denmark
Setting of the play

Norway
The country that lost to King Hamlet Sr.

Wittenberg, Germany
Where Hamlet attends college

France
Where Laertes wants to return to

Blank Verse
Upper-class language in poetic form

Prose
lower-class language in normal speech form

Is this blank verse or prose?
HAMLET
No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither with
modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: as
thus: Alexander died, Alexander was buried,
Alexander returneth into dust; the dust is earth; of
earth we make loam; and why of that loam, whereto he
was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?
Imperious Caesar, dead and turn’d to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away:
O, that that earth, which kept the world in awe,
Should patch a wall to expel the winter flaw!
But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king.
Prose
– uses normal language
– normal punctuation
Hamlet is speaking it, so it may signal madness

Is this blank verse or prose?
LAERTES
Lay her i’ the earth:
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish priest,
A ministering angel shall my sister be,
When thou liest howling.
Blank Verse
Blank Verse
-starts with capital letters om each new line
– deep thought, reflective
– expresses emotion

Soliloquy
a long speech spoken by a signal character, typically alone on stage.

Monlogue
a long speech given by a character, usually other characters are present

Is this blank verse or prose:
BERNARDO
Last night of all,
When yond same star that’s westward from the pole
Had made his course to illume that part of heaven
Where now it burns, Marcellus and myself,
The bell then beating one,–
Blank Verse
-starts with capital letters om each new line
– deep thought, reflective

Pun
A play on words that sound alike or have similar meaning

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