19. Explain the following wordplay by Hamlet (to Polonius): Let her not walk i‘ the sun. Conception is a blessing, …

Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Try to name a defining feature that distinguishes one from the other. Note how Claudius …

How does Polonius plan to use Reynaldo (a minor character)? Quote at least four lines from one of Polonius’s speeches …

What does the Ghost tell Hamlet about where he is (literally) coming from? If you are familiar with Christian theology, …

Hamlet says of Claudius’s carousing: “it is a custom/More honored in the breach than the observance.” What is he saying …

This scene is all about advice: giving and getting. Who is giving what advice to whom? Sketch it out as …

What do you think is the main idea of Hamlet’s first soliloquy? (133-164) How does the comparison to Hercules function …

48. What did Hamlet do to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? What news does Osric bring Hamlet? What happens to the King, …

Laertes thinks that Ophelia should have a better funeral service. What is the priest’s answer? Why does Hamlet jump into …

40. What has happened to Ophelia? Why does Laertes force his way in? What does he want? What is the …