Suspicious of the spirit's origins, Hamlet fears that "the spirit that I have seen / May be the devil," who is abusing his melancholy to damn him.

Hamlet decides to set up a play to test his hunches without the risk of attacking too early. He figures that, "the play's the thing / Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."

When a perfect opportunity arises to strike a praying Claudius, Hamlet hesitates and sheathes his sword, rationalizing, "And am I then revenged / To take him in the purging of his soul, / When he is fit and seasoned for his passage? / No."

Hearing a noise behind the tapestry, Hamlet immediately thrusts his blade through the fabric, shouting, "How now? A rat? Dead for a ducat, dead!"

When he realizes he killed Polonius instead of the King, he dismisses the mistake as the fault of a "rash, intruding fool."

Enraged by Laertes’s theatrical display of sorrow, Hamlet throws himself into the grave, commanding his rival to release him and boldly declaring that "forty thousand brothers" could not match the scale of his love for Ophelia.

Reflecting on his impulsive decision to doom Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet notes that "our indiscretion sometimes serves us" well when carefully designed plans ultimately fail.

Disgusted by his own continuous delay, Hamlet condemns his habit of "thinking too precisely" on the matter and fiercely resolves that his future mindset will be entirely driven by violence.

The "To be or not to be" soliloquy weighing life against the dread of death.

Hamlet discovering Claudius completely alone and vulnerable at prayer.

Hamlet witnessing Fortinbras’s army marching blindly toward death for a worthless plot of land.

The blind stabbing of the curtain in Gertrude's chamber, killing Polonius instead of the King.

Marcellus's famous observation that "something is rotten in the state of Denmark."

Hamlet’s erratic psychological warfare driving the innocent Ophelia to madness and drowning.

Claudius and Laertes conspiring to poison both a rapier and a chalice to secure Hamlet's death.

The final scene where the stage is littered with the corpses of Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, and Hamlet.

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AP LIT HAMLET EVIDENCES FOR ESSAYS

Term	Definition
1988 Evidence 1 B1	Suspicious of the spirit's origins, Hamlet fears that "the spirit that I have seen / May be the devil," who is abusing his melancholy to damn him.
1988 Evidence 2 B1	Suspicious of the spirit's origins, Hamlet fears that "the spirit that I have seen / May be the devil," who is abusing his melancholy to damn him.
1988 Evidence 3 B1	Hamlet decides to set up a play to test his hunches without the risk of attacking too early. He figures that, "the play's the thing / Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
1988 Evidence 4 B1	When a perfect opportunity arises to strike a praying Claudius, Hamlet hesitates and sheathes his sword, rationalizing, "And am I then revenged / To take him in the purging of his soul, / When he is fit and seasoned for his passage? / No."
1988 Evidence 1 B2	Hearing a noise behind the tapestry, Hamlet immediately thrusts his blade through the fabric, shouting, "How now? A rat? Dead for a ducat, dead!"
1988 Evidence 1 B1	When he realizes he killed Polonius instead of the King, he dismisses the mistake as the fault of a "rash, intruding fool."
1988 Evidence 2 B2	Enraged by Laertes’s theatrical display of sorrow, Hamlet throws himself into the grave, commanding his rival to release him and boldly declaring that "forty thousand brothers" could not match the scale of his love for Ophelia.
1988 Evidence 3 B2	Reflecting on his impulsive decision to doom Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Hamlet notes that "our indiscretion sometimes serves us" well when carefully designed plans ultimately fail.
1988 Evidence 4 B2	Disgusted by his own continuous delay, Hamlet condemns his habit of "thinking too precisely" on the matter and fiercely resolves that his future mindset will be entirely driven by violence.
1999 Evidence 1 B1	The "To be or not to be" soliloquy weighing life against the dread of death.
1999 Evidence 2 B1	Hamlet discovering Claudius completely alone and vulnerable at prayer.
1999 Evidence 3 B1	Hamlet witnessing Fortinbras’s army marching blindly toward death for a worthless plot of land.
1999 Evidence 4 B1	The blind stabbing of the curtain in Gertrude's chamber, killing Polonius instead of the King.
1999 Evidence 1 B2	Marcellus's famous observation that "something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
1999 Evidence 2 B2	Hamlet’s erratic psychological warfare driving the innocent Ophelia to madness and drowning.
1999 Evidence 3 B2	Claudius and Laertes conspiring to poison both a rapier and a chalice to secure Hamlet's death.
1999 Evidence 4 B2	The final scene where the stage is littered with the corpses of Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius, and Hamlet.

Created by: BIGBALLJAMES

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