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prince of Norway, lost his father

A

fortinbras

1
Q

minor character, showed up a beginning of story

Pelonious sent him to Paris

A

Renaldo

2
Q

prince of denmark

lost dad/ uncle is king

A

Hamlet

3
Q

daughter of pelonious

A

ophelia

4
Q

student, loyal friend of hamlet

A

horatio

5
Q

umpired fencing match

A

ostric

6
Q

hamlet’s uncle

A

claudious

7
Q

ophelias brother

A

laertes

8
Q

hamlets mom

A

geurtrude

9
Q

lord chamberlin, chief counselor to claudious

A

pelonius

10
Q

came to elsenore to find hamlets trouble

A

R & G

11
Q

hamlet upset for 2 reasons

A

dad is dead

mom married uncle shortly after death of dad

12
Q

ghost tell hamlet?

A

that he had been murdered by claudious and to plan revenge

13
Q

hamlet swears horatio to two things

A

not to tell about the ghost situation

to pretend that hamlet is crazy

14
Q

why did R&G come to castle?

A

they want to find out Hamlet’s issues

15
Q

what is polonious’ plan to test Hamlets madness?

A

to put ophelia out as a trap to test halmets reactions

Polonious will be waiting behind a curtain

16
Q

paraphrase “to be or not to be”

A

is life even worth living? would it be better to just die?

17
Q

what did king and P decide after ophelia plan?

A

he is not love-sick, just crazy

18
Q

king reaction to play? what did it mean?

A

he left the theatre at the murder scene, means that he is guilty

19
Q

SG act 3, #9

A

king had confessed, he would go to heaven peacefully

20
Q

how did P die?

A

stabbed by hamlet from behind curtain

21
Q

what did hamlet tell his mom?

A

to stay away from the king, not to sleep in same bed as him

22
Q

thoughts be bloody or nothing worth? what dat mean?

A

hamlet thinking of all the deaths and murders

23
Q

plan to kill hamlet?

A

plan A- stab him with poisoned sword during fencing match

plan B- have him drink the poisoned drink