Hamlet Flashcards
To prepare me for my Hamlet Test.
Who said “This above all: to thine own self be true,” and when?
Polonius; 1.3.78-82; When he is bidding Laertes farewell on his voyage to France.
Who dies in Act III of Hamlet, and what does his death signify?
Polonius; his death signifies the beginning of deaths and the breakdown of order in the kingdom.
Who says, “I am but mad north-north-west; when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk form a handsaw” and what does the quote mean?
Hamlet; It means that he is mad some of the time and when he is not mad he can tell things apart, i.e. he knows what he’s doing.
Who speaks last in Hamlet and what does his presence signify?
Fortinbras; It signifies the restoration of order in the Kingdom of Denmark.
Who said, “Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment.”
Polonius; To Laertes when he is leaving for France
Who said, “Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Horatio; When Hamlet dies of a sword wound.
Who said, “As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on–”?
Hamlet; When he is telling the guards and Horatio to swear not to speak of what they saw.
Who said, “Now, sir, young Fortinbras, Of unimproved metal hot and full,”?
Horatio; When he is describing the outside background situation to the guards.
Who said, “Revenge should have no bounds.”?
Claudius; When he is scheming with Laertes to kill Hamlet.
Who said, “Lay her i’ the earth: And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring!”?
Laertes; During Ophelia’s funeral in Act 5.
Who said, “My lord you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king.”?
Rosencrantz; After Claudius had sent him to find Hamlet and retrieve the body of late Polonius.
Who said, “O, woe is me To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!”?
Ophelia; After Hamlet teared her apart acting mad.
Who said, “When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions.”?
Cluadius; When he speaks to Gertrude about how Ophelia has become mad.
Who says, “Go, bid the soldiers shoot.”?
Fortinbras; at the end of the play.
What poison does Claudius use to murder Old Hamlet?
Hebenon; 1.5.63 “juice of cursed hebenon”
