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Hamlet Act I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the setting? | Elsinore castle in Denmark. |
| Who is Horatio? | A friend of Hamlet. |
| Why do Barnardo and Marcellus ask Horatio to stand watch with them? | Because they had seen a ghost and asked him to see it for himself. |
| What was the ghost that they saw? | The ghost looks like the dead King Hamlet. |
| Define Allusion. | A literary reference to a person, event, or text. |
| What is the allusion starting on line 120? | The omens that come before Julius Caesar's death. |
| How could the ghost be explained as a foreshadowing of evil? | It highlights the state of something being off in Denmark. |
| What is King Claudius's reasoning for marrying Gertrude so quickly after her husband (his brother) dies? | In order to maintain balance, or so he claims. |
| Where does Laertes wish to go to and who gives him permission? | He wishes to go to France, given permission by the King Claudius. |
| Define Aside. | It's where the characters speaks to the audience. |
| Explain this quote: "A little more than kin, a little less than kind." | Hamlet is being sarcastic about the new marriage and about Claudius calling him his son. |
| How is Hamlet described by Claudius and Gertrude? | They describe him as dark, sad, and gloomy. |
| Why did Hamlet not become king when his father died? | The heir doesn't automatically go to the King's offspring in Denmark. |
| What are Hamlet's feelings about his mother and his new father, Claudius? | He hates his new father, his mother's weak-will, and the whole incestuous marriage in general. |
| What does King Claudius want Hamlet to do? | He wants him to stary with them in Denmark instead of allowing him to go to school. |
| Define Soliloquy. | A speech by a character when they're alone, revealing their innermost thoughts. |
| What does Hamlet reveal in his soliloquy? | He was depressed and on the point of suicide. |
| What is the setting of scene III? | Polonius' House |
| Why does Laertes advise his sister, Ophelia, against falling in love with Hamlet? | He thinks Hamlet's intentions aren't serious enough to commiit to her, and also that he's a prince. |
| Explain this quote: "Be neither a borrower or a lender." | Don't give money languidly. |
| Explain this quote: "To thine own self be true." | Just be honest with yourself. |
| Whom does Polonius forbid Ophelia to go see? | Hamlet |
| What is the setting of scene IV? | On a platform outside the castle. |
| What is the point of Hamlet's long speech? | He says that Claudius' drunkenness is ruining Denmark's reputation. |
| Who does the ghost beckon? | Hamlet |
| Define Litote. | An understatement. |
| Explain this quote: "I do not set my life at a pin's fee." | Hamlet doesn't value his own life. |
| Explain this scene: "The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown." | Claudius had killed King Hamlet. |
| What does the ghost want Hamlet to do? | He wants Hamlet to get revenge on Claudius. |
| What does Hamlet tell Horatio and Marcellus? What does he make them swear? | He tells them to not tell anyone about seeing the ghost or the revenge. |
| Is Hamlet mad (crazy)? |
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