Hamlet: Act I

Question 1

setting

Answer 1

• helps create tension
• physical setting has dynamic effect on Hamlet
• setting includes time
• not just where, but how they feel about where they are

Question 2

first scene

Answer 2

on a dark winter night

Question 3

Hamlet’s royal status

Answer 3

son of the former king

Question 4

who is the ghost

Answer 4

dead king of denmark

Question 5

job of these men

Answer 5

watchmen of the castle

Question 6

answers

Answer 6

• decides to accompany them
• claudius is hamlet’s uncle
• shocked and offended by Ophelia
• hamlet is actually claudius’s son
• a ghost or spirit of some kind
• Denmark
• hamlet
• prince of denmark