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(CK)Hamlet Ch 9-16 V
(CK) Hamlet Ch 9-16 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| definitely noticeable - "A hit, a very definite, noticeable hit!" squealed Osric | palpable |
| a request or pleading - Whenever Laertes challenged Hamlet to a duel, Hamlet answered with an apology and a request or pleading for his friendship. | entreaty |
| to rescue or save - Claudius cried out for help - as if he still hoped to rescue or save something for himself. | salvage |
| spying - Polonius made Gertrude feel as if she were part of his strange game of spying rather than the Queen of Denmark. | espionage |
| hidden in darkness - Laertes said, "But my father's funeral which was hidden in darkness - all at your bidding." | obscure |
| sorrow - Gertrude said, "One sorrow treads upon another's heel." | woe |
| faints - Claudius said, "She faints to see them bleed!" | swoons |
| hymn of grief - The sound of priests singing a hymn of grief came from the graveyard. | dirge |
| calming and quieting down - Maybe Claudius was simply trying to buy time by calming and quieting down Laertes. | appeasing |
| removed or distant - Hamlet wanted to be removed from the world's problems. | aloof |
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