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20 Cards in this Set
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Why does Hamlet call Rosencrantz a sponge in Act 4 scene 2?
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Because he absorbs everything the king tells him to do.
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What does Hamlet mean when he tells Claudius that Polonius is at supper in Act 4 scene 3?
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Hamlet mean Polonius is being eaten by maggots.
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What does the letter sent to England with Hamlet ask England to do in Act 4 scene 7?
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It asks England to execute Hamlet.
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Why does Laertes confront the king in Act 4 scene 5?
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Because Polonius, Laertes's father, was killed.
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What two reasons does Claudius give to Laertes for not arresting Hamlet in Act 4 scene 7?
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1) The queen is Hamlet's mother, and she'll be hurt if Hamlet is arrested.
2) The people love Hamlet |
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At the end of Act 4 Scene 7, Laertes and Claudius plan two different ways to poison Hamlet. What are they?
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1) Cut him with a poisoned sword.
2) Poison Hamlet's drink |
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What does Laertes learn about his sister at the end of Act 4 Scene 7?
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He learns Ophelia is dead, she drowned in the river.
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What does the priest mean when he says "her death was doubtful"?
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She might or might have not killed herself.
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What does Hamlet want to prove by jumping into Ophelia's grave and arguing with Laertes?
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He wanted to prove his love for Ophelia was stronger than Laertes's.
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What did Hamlet ask England to do in the letter he rewrote?
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To kill the people carrying the letter (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern)
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Why does Claudius tell the queen not to drink during the match?
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Because the drink was poisoned.
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Why doesn't Hamlet let Horatio drink the poison?
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So that Horatio may clear Hamlet's name.
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What is given to young Fortinbras?
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The Danish throne.
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"O, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!"
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He will only have bad thoughts from thereon. He is only going to kill.
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"O Gertrude, Gertrude, when sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalias"
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Bad things don't just happen by themselves, they come in groups.
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"is't possible a young maid's wit should be as mortal as an old man's life?"
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Is it possible for someone so young to lose her mind.
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"And where the offence is, let the great axe fall"
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Let justice carried out on the offender or punishment needs to be administered for wrongs done.
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"Laertes, was your father dear to you? Or are you like a painting of a sorrow, a face without a heart?"
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Do you actually feel sad for your father's death or are you only pretending?
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"In thee is not half an hour of life"
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You will die very soon.
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"Report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied"
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Let the people know why I acted the way I did. Clear my name.
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