Hamlet Act II Questions – Flashcards
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Where does Polonius send Reynaldo?
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to Paris to spy on Laertes and to take him money and messages
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why does Polonius think Hamlet is mad?
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he thinks Ophelia's rejections have been too much for Hamlet, that Hamlet is lovesick
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why have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern come to the castle?
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they have come to find out why Hamlet is acting so strangly and to report their findings to the King
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what is Polonius' plan for testing his theory about Hamlet's madness?
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he wants to have Hamlet meet Ophelia. He will hide and eavesdrop on the conversation
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern finally meet with Hamlet and he discovers they were sent for by the King. How does Hamlet describe his personal problems to them?
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he tells them he used to think the world was wonderful, but now he finds differently, and he had so delight in man or woman
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What arrangement does Hamlet make with Player 1?
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he arranges to have several of his own lines put into the play
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after rosencrantz and guildenstern leave hamlet, what does he basically say in his soliloquy?
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he thinks himself a coward for not getting right to the revenge
