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Hamlet Act 3 ~ Mrs C
Hamlet Act 3 ~ Mrs. Corbelli
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bodkin | dagger |
| Chorus | in a play, a character who tells the audience what they’re about to see |
| Dumb show | a scene without words |
| Fardel | burden |
| Fret | annoy; the raised parts of a stringed instrument that guide the fingers; put frets on an instrument |
| Groundlings | spectators who stood rather than sat, and thus paid less to go to the theater |
| Nunnery | a convent of nuns (sometimes used mockingly to refer to a brothel) |
| Occult | hidden from view, concealed |
| Proof | invulnerable (like armor) |
| Rub | obstacle |
| Want | lack |
| Wormwood | something harsh or bitter |