What Does Hamlet Intend To Do With His Father's Suicide

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1. According to Polonius, what are the things associated to youth and liberty?
Gaming, drinking, fencing, swearing, quarrelling and drabbing. 2. Who must spy on Laertes?
Reynaldo.
3. Who scares Ophelia while she was sewing?
Hamlet.
4. What did Ophelia do that could have frustrated Hamlet?
She didn’t respond to any of his letters and wouldn’t see him. 5. The Queen is worried because Hamlet has ___________.
Changed
6. What does the Queen do in order to make Hamlet happier?
She makes Hamlet’s friends come to Denmark to cheer him up. 7. True or false. Hamlet claims to be good at poetry.
False.
8. What is Polonius’ plan?
They are going to spy on Hamlet behind a curtain while Ophelia confronts him. 9. What does Hamlet think Polonius does for a living?
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10. What does Hamlet compare Denmark with?
The worst jail. 11. What does Hamlet want from a comedian?
He wants a comedian to do a speech about the fall of Troy. 12. What does Hamlet intend to do with the comedians?
A play recreating his father’s death before the king to see his reaction. 13. What action does Ophelia do to pretend being alone?
She reads a book. 14. What famous quote does Hamlet say when arriving?
To be, or not to be, that is the question. 15. What does he question himself of doing during this monologue?
Whether he should commit suicide or not. 16. Where does Ophelia need to go according to Hamlet?
In a nunnery. 17. What genre does the public prefer in plays?
Dumb comedy 18. Who did Polonius interpret when he acted in plays?
Julius Ceasar 19. Why does the Queen in the play accept to marry the new King?
To make gains out of it, not because of love. 20. What does the Queen think of the play?
That the Queen protested too much. 21. What does the King’s reaction to the play tells about him?
That he probably really killed his brother. 22. To what object does Hamlet compare

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