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17 Cards in this Set
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Why does Polonius send Reynaldo to Paris to spread small lies about Laertes?
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To make Laertes more likely to tell the truth about himself, to Polonius. If these things were well known, he wouldn't find it so difficult to talk about them.
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What two things did Ophelia do which may have caused Hamlet to go insane?
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He repelled his letters and denied him access to her, then he returned his so-called "tokens of affection".
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Why have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern been brought to Denmark by the King?
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He wanted them to spy on Hamlet because he was nervous he might had known something.
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What does Voltimond report concerning the actions of the old king and the new plans of young Fortinbras?
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That he was going to invade Poland instead of Denmark, and that Fortinbras was arrrested.
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What does Polonius convince the King and Queen of regarding their son, Hamlet?
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That he had gone insane from the denial of Ophelia's love.
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What does Hamlet call Polonius when he first sees him in Act 2 Scene 2?
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A fishmonger, which may mean someone who sells fish or a pimp.
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What does Hamlet refer to Denmark in Act 2 Scene 2?
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A prison.
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When does Hamlet say he is mad?
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When the wind is travelling north-north-west.
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What play does Hamlet ask the troupe to perform?
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The Murder of Gonzago
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What special request does Hamlet make for the play?
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He asks if some lines he wrote could be added to the play.
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How does Hamlet criticize the first player in his soliloquy? How does he criticize himself?
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He says he is weak and overemotional, and then says he himself has no courage.
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How does Hamlet plan to confirm his uncle's guilt?
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He makes the troupe act out his father's death and he plans to observe his uncle's reaction.
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"But I am pigeon-liver'd, and lack gall to make oppression bitter"
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He is a coward.
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"for they say an old man is twice a child"
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When people are old, they revert to a child-like state. They have to be taken care of as if they were a child.
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"There is a kind of confession in your looks, which your modesties have not craft enough to colour"
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You are too honest to be able to lie effectively. His lies are transparent.
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"On Fortune's cap we are not the very button"
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They are not in the highest possible point in life, they are not blessed with great fortune.
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"How pregnant sometimes his replies are!"
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How full of meaning his replies are.
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