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29 Cards in this Set
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5.1 of Hamlet begins with the fundamental activity of the play, the activity of _________
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acting
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5.1 begins with the two gravediggers trying to make sense of __________
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ophelia's death
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What is the form of the gravediggers’ speech in 5.1?
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song
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Upon what day did the older of the two gravediggers get hired?
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when old hamlet killed old fortinbras
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How old is Hamlet?
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30
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“Here’s a skull now hath lain you in th’ earth three and twenty years.” Here, the “skull” is that of_________
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Yorik, the King's jester
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“The queen, the courtiers: who is this they follow?/And with such maimed rites? This doth betoken/The corse they follow did with desperate hand/Fordo its own life; ‘twas of some estate.” Here, the “corse” is that of __________ and the speaker, Hamlet, is once again attempting to __________ what he sees.
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Ophelia, speak
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HAMLET “That is Laertes,/A very noble youth.” Comment upon the irony in this line:
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Hamlet wants to kill Laertes and here he is complementing him
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“I hoped thou shouldst have been my Hamlet’s wife…” Here, “I” = __________ and “thou” = __________ and, since the listener is not able to hear the speaker, this is an example of what figure of speech __________
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Gertrude, Ophelia, Aside
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Where, physically are Hamlet and Laertes when they scuffle in 5.1?
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in the grave
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“Ere I could make a prologue to my brains,/They had begun the play.” Here, Hamlet’s images belong to a cluster of images best labeled __________ imagery.
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theater imagery
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“…Without debatement further, more or less,/He should the bearers put to sudden death,/No shriving time allowed.” Here, “He” = __________ and “bearers” = __________ and here Hamlet is sharing with Horatio instructions written by:
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King of England, R/G, himself
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“They are not near my conscience; their defeat/Does by their own insinuation grow.” Here, “my” = __________ and “their” = __________
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Hamlet, R/G
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“It must be shortly known to him from England/What is the issue of the business there,” Here, “him” = __________
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Claudius
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“But I am very sorry, good Horatio,/That to Laertes I forgot myself;/For, by the image of my cause, I see/The portraiture of his: I’ll court his favours…” Here, “I” = __________ and “his” = __________ and the irony in “I’ll court his favours” is:
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Hamlet, Laertes, trying to get on his good side
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In 5.2, who has clearly replaced Polonius in the Danish court?
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Laertes
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“His purse is empty already; all’s golden words are spent.” Here, “his” = __________
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Osric
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“…since he went into France,/I have been in continual practice; I shall win at the odds.” Here, “he” = __________ and “I” = __________
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Laertes, Hamlet
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Supply the missing words: “Not a whit, we defy augury: there’s a special __________ in the fall of a __________. If it be now, ‘tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the __________ is all; since no man has aught of what he leaves, what is ‘t to leave betimes? Let __________. And in the above lines, “it” = __________
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Providence, sparrow, readiness, be, death
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“I’ll play this bout first; set it by awhile.” Here, “I” = __________ and “it” = _________
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Hamlet, goblet
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“And yet, ‘tis almost against my conscience.” Here, “my” = __________
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Laertes
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“I am justly killed with mine own treachery.” Here, “I” = __________ and “treachery” = __________
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Laertes, Deceit/poison/sword, gertrude, laertes and hamlet
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“She swounds to see them bleed.” Here, “she” = __________ and “them” = __________
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Gertrude, Laertes and Hamlet
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“The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,/Unbated and envenom’d…” Here, “instrument” = __________ and “thy” = __________
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sword, your (Hamlet's)
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“He is justly served;/It is a poison temper’d by himself.” Here, “he” = __________
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Claudius
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“Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet:/Mine and my father’s death come not upon thee,/Nor thine on me!” Here, “me” = __________ and “father” = __________
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Laertes, Polonius
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“Thou livest; report me and my cause aright/To the unsatisfied.” Here, “thou” = __________ and “me” = __________
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Horatio, Hamlet
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Supply the missing word: “The ears are senseless that should give us hearing,/To tell his commandment is fulfill’d,/That __________ are dead.” And “him” = __________
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R/G, The King
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“For me, with sorrow I embrace fortune:/I have some rights of memory in this kingdom,/Which now to claim my vantage doth invite me.” Here, “me” = __________
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Fortinbras
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