Flashcards in act 1 notes- hamlet Deck (61)
when does the ghost walk outt
what makes the ghost leave
rooster (calls for morning)
who is invited to try to speak to the ghost and why
horatio b/c he is a scholar
what language must be spoken to the ghosts
what is the name of the castle in denmark
who are watching guard in the beginning of the play
Bernardo and Francisco
why is the castle being guarded day and night?
Young Fortinbras has built an army of mercenaries and is ready to strike revenge.
how is the ghost dressed
in armor for war
"what might be toward, that this sweaty haste
Doth make the night joint- labourer with the day,
who is't that can inform me?"
3 reasons that the ghost walks
ghost may want to say something good
ghost may want to protect the land
ghost wants to reveal where treasure is buried
"the cock, that is the trumpet to the morn" what FL?
"so hallow'd and so gracious is the time" refers to
which way does the sun rise
king claudius is always paired with
flourish and trumpets
memory is green means
the death of hamlet is still fresh
"With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage" speaker?
-with joy in the funeral and sadness in the marriage, so close together. dirge is a funeral song
"The head is not more native to the heart,
Thehand more instrumental to the mouth,
than is the throne of Denmark to thy father"
King Claudius to Laertes
where does laertes want to go
back to college in Wittenberg, France
why did laertes come to Elsinore
for the crowning of Claudius
what does hamlet not like being called by the king
"A little more than kin, and less than kind"
hamlet about the king
what are things on the outside that indicate grief (4)
but are all within hamlet
suits of solemn black
who is the melancholy dane
where does hamlet want to go
wittenberg for college
why does the king not let hamlet go to college
he realizes that hamlet is an enemy and doesn't want hamlet to build an army so he keeps him close to keep an eye on him
"no jocund health that denmark drinks today"
"Or that the everlasting had not fix'd his canon 'gainst self-slaughter"
what activity by the king bothers hamlet
hamlet's soliloquy expresses his concern on 4 things:
judge women by his mother's weakness
upset by speed of marriage
upset by incest