Hamlet: act 3, scene 2 – Flashcards
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polonius tells us that in college he played Julius Caesar and was assassinated by men he thought were his friends. How is this foreshadowing
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polonius is going to die; caesar also evokes the idea of not knowing who to trust
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hamlet makes the murderer in the play the kings nephew, not his brother. give two reasons why halt may have made this choice
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he doesn't want to be completely obvious; the suggestion of a nephew killing is a threat to claudius
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in the murder of gonzago, the queen character says that a second marriage would only be for one reason. whats the reason?
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financial gain
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in criticizing the performance of the queen in the play, gertrude says that the lady doth protest too much methinks. what does this line mean?
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means that the person is lying because when a person swears her innocence excessively, it should make us pause and doubt the persons true innocence
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while talking to rosencrantz and guildenstern, hamlet compares himself to recorder. ins hat way is hamlet like a recorder
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says his friends are trying to "play" him and manipulate and handle him the just the right way to get information out of him for claudius
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torward the end of the scene, Hamlet mentions to polonius that he sees the shape of a camel, a weasel, and a whale in the colds. whats hamlet doing here? what does this brief bit show us about polonius?
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he is trying to seem crazy but also proving that polonius is nothing more than a man agreeing to whatever hamlet says
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in the soliloquy at the end of the scene, what power does hamlet seek in his own heart
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he asks his heart to allow him to be cruel to his mother but withhold the urge to kill her
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