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Hamlet to Rosencrantz 4.2 “Take you me……

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…….for a sponge?” - could reflect the contrast of Hamlet to the other sycophantic members of the court

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Act 4 Scene 3 quote that shows Hamlet’s contemplation of life and hierarchy and eqivocation (worm/fish)

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“A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of kings and eat of the fish that hath fed on worm”-Hamlet

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Bloody thoughts Symbol Act 4 Scene 4

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“My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!”-Hamet

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Mermaid simile Act 4 Scene 7

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“Her clothes spread wide and mermaid like”-Gertrude on Ophelia’s death

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Act 4 Scene 7 - Laertes description of fire speech

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“Speech of fire that fade with blaze” - Laertes

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Black Devil Symbol Act 4 Scene 5 - ideas of corrupt marriage could be interpreted

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“Vows to the black devil” -Laertes

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disease/corruption Symbol Act 4 Scene 1

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“Like the owner of a foul disease”-Claudius

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Poison Symbol Act 4 Scene 5

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“This is the poison of deep grief”-Laertes

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Blood Symbol Act 4 Scene 5 (Laertes)

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“Repast then with my blood”-Laertes

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Rosemary Symbol Act 4 Scene 5

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“That’s rosemary for remembrance”-Ophelia

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Wave Symbol Act 4 Scene 1 which shows Hamlet’s madness

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“Mad as the sea and wind when both contend which is mightier”-Gertrude

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What is Gertrude’s response to Hamlet when he accuses her of living “in the rank swear of an unseamed bed”?

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“These words, like daggers, enter into mine ears”

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What is the title of the mousetrap play?

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‘The murder of Gonzago’

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line in Hamlet’s soliloquy, links to religion + corruption

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‘O my offense is rank, it smells to heaven’

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Denmark is described as ‘C___ o____ l___ a___ d______ I______

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‘couch of luxury and damned incest’

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Who advised Laertes to ‘neither a borrower nor a lender be’?

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Polonius

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What mythical creature does Gertrude compare Ophelia to in a simile following her death?

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Mermaid

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What is Hamlet’s final line in the play?

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“The rest is silence”

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What type of poem lists each body part? (The Ghost)

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Blazon

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How do Hamlet and Horatio respond to Osric’s sycophantic/flourishing language?

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They mock him

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What quote said by the clown in Act 5 would have been comical to The Globe’s contemporary audience?

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“(madness) twill not be seen in him there. There the men are as mad as he.

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Act 5 “The devil take thy soul” -said by?

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Laertes

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How can we interpret the quotation “Why, what a king is this?

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Horatio recognising the change in Hamlet since his return, Questioning how Claudius could treat his nephew this way.

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What type of humour is used in the gravedigger scene?

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Macabre

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2 quotes from act 1 scene 3 that portrays how Ophelia's value is monetised by her father.
"tenders", "green girl"
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What does Hamlet exclaim in 3.1 (the nunnery scene) that can be interpreted as the Elizabethan slang for brothel?
"get thee to a nunnery! why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?"
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What does the "rosemary for remembrance" that Ophelia presents in 4.5 represent?
healing of inwardly felt pain
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3 key points for 2.1
- Polonius orders Reynaldo to spy on Laertes - Ophelia reports of Hamlet's madness to Polonius - he decides to tell the king
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Key points for 2.2 (7)
- King and Queen order R + G to spy on Hamlet - Polonius tells C + G that he has found the cause of Hamlet's madness, hatch plan to uncover him - Ambassador requests safe passage through Denmark - Polonius + Hamlet dialogue - R + G approach Hamlet - Players arrive - O what a rogue and peasant slave am I"
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2.1 "your bait of falsehood....
...takes this carp of truth"
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2.1 "by indirections...
find directions out"
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2.1 2 x quotes that show Hamlet's madness
"doublet all unbraced" | "loosed out of hell"
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2.1 "ecstasy of
love"
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Initial stage directions that demonstrate the pomp and circumstance (2.2)
'flourish of trumpets'
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Claudius to R + G 2.2 "the need we did have to
use you did provoke our hasty sending"
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2.2 "we did long to see you" C to R+G
insincere, appearance vs reality
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2.2 "Might by the sovereign power you have of us
put your dread pleasures into command more than to entreaty"
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2.2 "he tells me dear Gertrude, that he hath found
the head and source of YOUR son's distemper"
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2.2 Gertrude thinks Hamlet's madness is due to "his fathers death and
our o'erhasty marriage"
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following on from Polonius' convoluted explanation in 2.2 Gertrude requests
"more matter with less art"
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Hamlet's Ironic letter in 2.2 reads
"doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love"
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Hamlet - Polonius 2.2 "yourself should grow as old as I am if
like a crab you could go backwards"
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2.2 "though this be madness, yet there is
method in it"
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2.2 Denmark's a
prison
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2.2 "I could be bounded in a nutshell and think myself a king of infinite space
were it not that I have bad dreams" (haunted by the ghost)
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2.2 "I am but mad north north west
when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw"
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Summarise 3.1
Hamlet 'to be or not to be' king to send hamlet to england nunnery scene
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3.1 Guildenstern - "crafty
madness"
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3.1 "why wouldst thou be
a breeder of sinners"
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3.1 "wise men know well enough what monsters you
make of them"
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3.1 "madness in great ones
should not unwatched go"
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Summarise 3.2
The mousetrap | soliloquy - ' Tis now the witching time of night'
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3.2 Hamlet instructs the players to "hold, as twere, the
mirror up to nature"
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3.2 Hamlet exclaims how some actors have "imitated humanity
so abominably"
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3.2 describes Ophelia as
"metal"
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Summarise 3.3
King plots with R+G to send Hamlet to England | 'O my offense is rank' and 'now he is praying' soliloquies
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3.3 'live and feed upon your majesty'
R+G are sycophants
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Summarise 3.4
the closet scene | Hamlet kills Polonius
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3.4 you question
with a wicked tongue
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3.4 "a rat, dead for a ducet
slain!"
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3.4 "rank sweat
of an enseamed bed"
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3.4 G -"these words like daggers
enter mine ears"
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3.4 "see how it
steals away"
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3.4 "rank
corruption"
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3.4 "I must be cruel
only to be kind"
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3.4 (Hamlet on R+G) "whom I will trust
as I will adders fanged"
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What Act/ Scene is Hamlet's 2nd Soliloquy?
1.5 - 'O all you host of heaven'
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1.5 'O villian, villian, smiling
damned villian'
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Summarise 4.1
- Queen tells Claudius of Polonius' death | - discuss Hamlets madness
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4.1 mad as the
sea and wind, when both contend which is mightier
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Summarise 4.2
R + G find Hamlet, who equivocates about Polonius' death | compares Rosencrantz to a sponge
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4.2 "soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards
his authorities"
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Summarise 4.3
King is searching for Hamlet, Hamlet will not tell the location of Polonius' body, King decides to send Hamlet to England
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4.3 "at supper"...."a convocation
of politic worms are e'en him"
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4.3 Claudius describes how the "d____ m_____" admire Hamlet
distracted multitude
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Summarise 4.4
Hamlet meets the captain of Fortinbras' army, who is leading an attack on Poland, Hamlet's how all occasions do inform against me soliloquy"
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4.4 "no profit in't
but the name"
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4.4 "my thoughts be bloody
or be nothing worth!"
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Summarise 4.6
letter to Horatio, Hamlet is coming back with Pirates
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Summarise 4.7
Laertes and King plot revenge against Hamlet King receives letter from Hamlet telling of his return Ophelia has drowned
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Summarise 4.5
They discuss Ophelia, who has grown mad Ophelia enters and sings Laertes returns - King tells him that his father has died Ophelia enters and hands out the flowers
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4.5 "ill breeding
minds"
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4.5 "O this is the poisen
of deep grief"
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4.5 "Laertes shall
be King!"
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4.5 "riotous
head"
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4.5 "vile
king"
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4.5 "I am
guiltless in your father's death"
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4.5 "And where the offence is
let the great axe fall"

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