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10 Cards in this Set
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""Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
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Marcellus
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Something is wrong with the crown/royalty of Denmark
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"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't."
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Polonius
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Method to Hamlet's madness
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"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
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Hamlet
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Hamlet will use the play to bring out the guilt of the murderer, King Claudius.
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"To die, to sleep / To sleep--perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub!"
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Hamlet
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Dreams are double-edged swords because they are good, but they aren't reality
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"The lady doth protests too much, methinks."
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Gertrude
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She is commenting on the fact that she, the queen, is protesting so much, and acting guilty
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"Call me what instrument you will, though you can / Fret me, you cannot play upon me."
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Hamlet
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Hamlet knows what is going on, so he won't let them control him.
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"Am I then revenged, / To take him in the purging of his soul, / When he is fit and seasoned for his passage?"
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Hamlet
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Claudius went into confession, so Hamlet wasn't sure about killing him anymore.
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"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: / Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
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Claudius
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He isn't actually repenting during confession, but Hamlet didn't know that.
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"It had been so with us, had we been there."
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Claudius
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If he had been where Polonius was hiding when Hamlet mistook him for Claudius and killed him, it would have been Claudius himself.
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"When he needs what you have / gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you / shall be dry again."
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Hamlet
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The king is merely using Rosencratz and Gildenstern, and when they are no longer useful, they will be tossed aside.
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