Act 5 Scene 2 Flashcards
The End (17 cards)
What did Claudius’ letter to England actually say?
“That my head should be struck off”
What did Hamlet replace the letter with and how does he feel about what he did?
“Ere I could make a prologue to my brains, they had begun the play… wilt though know the effect of what I wrote?… He should the bearers put to sudden death, no shriving time allowed” - Hamlet claims he usually thinks things through but this time he just sat down and devised a plan quickly. He sent R+G to be killed.
What does Hamlet think about R+G going to their death? How can we link this to Freud?
“they did make love to this employment. they are not near my conscience” - Oedipus Complex, he doesn’t feel odd about indirectly killing R+G but he can’t seem to kill Claudius.
What does Hamlet think about Claudius?
“He hath killed my king, and whored my mother; popped in between the election and my hopes, thrown out his angle for my proper life” - more link to the oedipus complex and ambition
describes him as a “canker”
How does Hamlet mimic and mock osric?
He uses the same flourish that he does.
O: “here is newly come to court Laertes; believe me an absolute gentleman…”
H: “I take him to be a soul oof great article”
“What imports the nomination of this gentleman?”
O: “Of Laertes?”
H: “Of Him sir.”
What does Osric reveal to Hamlet?
“The King sir, hath wagered with him six Barbary horses… six french rapiers and poniards.. The King sir, hath laid sir, that in a dozen passes between yourself and him, he shall not exceed you three hits”
What does Hamlet say to Osric to tell the King?
“To this effect sir, after what flourish your nature will” - tells him to say yes and to do so in the colourful manner in which he does.
What does Horatio warn to Hamlet?
“You will lose this wager my lord.”
What comment does Hamlet make to Horatio about his concern for the duel Hamlet will participate in and how is this misogynistic?
“it is such a kind of gain-giving as would perhaps trouble a woman”
What does Hamlet say to Laertes was the reason he killed Polonius?
“I proclaim was madness… His madness is poor Hamlet’s enemy”
How does Claudius try and give Hamlet the cup? Who takes it instead and what happens?
“Hamlet, this pearl is thine, Here’s to thy health”
“I’ll play this bout first, set it by awhile.”
“The Queen carouses to thy fortune”
What does Laertes confess to Hamlet about the rapier?
“Unbated and envenomed”
“Hamlet, thou art slain… in thee there is not half an hour of life”
How does Laertes show respect to Hamlet at the end? What does he call him?
“noble Hamlet”
What does Hamlet ask of Horatio?
“Horatio, I am dead, thou livest; report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied.”
What does Hamlet give Fortinbras?
“I do prophesy the election lights on Fortinbras, he has my dying voice”
What does Horatio vow he will do?
“so shall you hear of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts”
How does Fortinbras describe Hamlet at the end?
“Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage, for he was likely, had he put on, to have proved most royal”
