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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Hamlet Act I, Scene v

What does the Ghost tell Hamlet?

How does the Ghost want Hamlet to treat Claudius?

How does the Ghost want Hamlet to treat Gertrude?

What does Hamlet make Horatio and Marcellus swear?

Why?

      Describe the loyalty shown by Horatio to Hamlet in this act

Hamlet Act I, Scenes iii-iv

What advice does Laertes give Ophelia?

What advice does Polonius give Laertes?

What advice does Polonius give Ophelia?

How does Hamlet feel about the drunken revelry?

What mixed feelings does Hamlet have after seeing the ghost?

Why doesn’t Horatio want Hamlet to follow the Ghost?

Hamlet Act II, Scene ii

How are Claudius, the dead King Hamlet, and Queen Gertrude related?

What is in the letter Claudius is sending to the ailing King of Norway?

Who is Laertes? Why does he want to leave Denmark?

Why is young Hamlet grieving? How do Claudius and Gertrude treat his grief?

Why is the King planning a celebration?

Who is Horatio? What does he reveal to Hamlet?

Hamlet Act I, Scene i

The curtain opens on what setting (time and place)?

Why is Francisco happy to see Bernardo?

Why has Marcellus begged Horatio to join the watch?

What does the ghost look like? Do? Say?

What was the outcome of the fight between King Hamlet and Fortinbras?

Why is there a need for a nightly watch on the palace?