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In what mood does hamlet speak with rosencrantz and guidenstern in scene 2?
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they are talking to him in a friendly way because they do not know that they are going to be hired by his stepfather/uncle, Clauduis, later to murder him while he is on his way to England.
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What is the message that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern carry out to the King of England?
If the King you are talking about is the King of England: He has them killed because Hamlet changes the message. Nice friends, eh? However, in Hamlet, "the King" means Claudius, not the king of England. R+G bring him several messages. At the beginning of Act 3 Scene 1 they tell the king that although they cannot find out what is bothering Hamlet they were able to ascertain that he was excited about the arrival of the players. The king replies that they should encourage him in this interest. In Act 4 Scene 3 they bring the message that they could not get Hamlet to tell where Polonius's body was hidden but that he was captured and standing outside. Claudius orders Hamlet to be brought before him.
Members of the lower classes are the only ones who speak in prose instead of blank verse?
False. Lots of characters speak in prose when they are not saying something serious, or when they are upset or disturbed. Note Hamlet (a Prince) in his entire conversation with Osric and Horatio in Act 5 Scene 2. Or Lear (a King) when talking in his madness with the blind Gloucester in Act 4 Scene 6.
Does the Ghost speak only to Hamlet and not to Marcellus and Horatio?
Yes the ghost only speaks to Hamlet. The others can see him but cannot hear him. When the ghost visits Hamlet in his mother's closet, his mother can neither see nor hear him.
Why does horatio think the ghost will speak with Hamlet?
Marcellus thinks that Horatio may know how to speak to a ghost because he is a University Man. I guess Marcellus assumes that's the kind of thing you learn at a University.
Hamlet swears horatio for two things what are they?
Hamlet and Horatio do not run into each other at the very beginning of the play; it Act I Scene 2 before they meet, and Hamlet already has one soliloquy under his belt. Nor does he talk at all about swearing until after he has seen and talked to the ghost, in Scene 5. Then he asks Horatio and Marcellus to swear "Never make known what you have seen tonight," and "Never to speak of this that you have seen," and "Never to speak of this that you have heard, " which are all pretty much the same thing. He also gets them to swear "never, so help you mercy, how strange or odd soe'er I bear myself . . . note that you know aught of me." This is a bit different. The first three oaths are "don't tell anyone about the ghost." but the fourth one is "If I start acting weird, don't let on that you know the reason why."
Who speak the famous to be or not to be soliloquy in Hamlet?
Hamlet - questioning the meaning of life
How many characters did you hear speak in the exposition in Hamlet Act 1 scene V?
In the exposition of Act 1 Scene 5 in Hamlet, two characters speak: the ghost of King Hamlet and Prince Hamlet. The ghost reveals the circumstances of his death to Hamlet, setting the tone for the rest of the play.
How do Rosencracrantz and Guildenstern analyze Hamlet's malady?
They don't. They try to get him to say that what is troubling him is that he wants to be the king, but he doesn't follow through in the way that they hope. In act 2 scene 2 Rosencrantz responds to Hamlet's statement that Denmark is a prison tohim by saying "Why, then, your ambition makes it one." and when Hamlet ends his reply by saying "were it not that I have bad dreams", Guildenstern follows up by saying "Which dreams indeed are ambition . . ." Possibly Hamlet catches on from this clumsy attempt that Ros and Guil are spies, which he accuses them of soon after. In any event, in their report to the King and Queen at the beginning of 3,1 they cannot point to any reason for Hamlet's behaviour. Rosencrantz says "He does confess he feels himself distracted, but from what cause he will be no means speak." They tactfully do not tell Claudius that Hamlet sussed them out as spies.
What is the message that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern carry out to the King of England?
If the King you are talking about is the King of England: He has them killed because Hamlet changes the message. Nice friends, eh? However, in Hamlet, "the King" means Claudius, not the king of England. R+G bring him several messages. At the beginning of Act 3 Scene 1 they tell the king that although they cannot find out what is bothering Hamlet they were able to ascertain that he was excited about the arrival of the players. The king replies that they should encourage him in this interest. In Act 4 Scene 3 they bring the message that they could not get Hamlet to tell where Polonius's body was hidden but that he was captured and standing outside. Claudius orders Hamlet to be brought before him.
Why do hamlet suppose he declined his mothers invitation to sit near her?
The ghost reappears in the Closet Scene to remind Hamlet of his "almost blunted purpose" which was not to speak daggers to his mother but to use one on his uncle.
Why are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Denmark?
It says in my Hamlet book that "Claudius and Gertrude set Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two boyhood friends of Hamlet, to spy on him to discover the cause of his apparent madness. After the returned ambassadors announce their success in stopping Fortinbras's planned invasion of Denmark, Polonius report his 'discovery' that Hamlet is mad for love. Claudius is unpersuaded but agrees to join Polonius in spying on Hamlet”.
Where does Hamlet's father lure Hamlet to finally speak to him?
Hamlet's father dies (was murdered) before the play begins so in the first act first scene he appears as a ghost. The ghost appears on the battlements of the castles and is first seen by the sentries up there. It is these men that inform Hamlet of the appearance of his father's ghost.
Who said this and What is it mean I'll call thee hamlet king father royal Dane?
Hamlet says this in Act I Scene 4 of Hamlet. He is talking to the ghost of his father who up to this point hasn't said a word. Hamlet is trying to figure out how to address him in order to make him speak. If he calls him by his name, Hamlet, will he respond? How about father? King? Royal Dane? Whatever he says, the ghost starts talking right away.
Who does Hamlet leave the kingdom to in the end?
"Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder." Simple as that. He wants young Hamlet to kill the man who murdered him. Hamlet summarizes the request as "Remember me!" but it's clear that what is meant is a call to vengeance.
Horatio can speak which archaic language in Hamlet?
He is a scholar and so probably can speak Latin, although it is Hamlet who actually says a line in Latin ("Hic et ubique")
Members of the lower classes are the only ones who speak in prose instead of blank verse?
False. Lots of characters speak in prose when they are not saying something serious, or when they are upset or disturbed. Note Hamlet (a Prince) in his entire conversation with Osric and Horatio in Act 5 Scene 2. Or Lear (a King) when talking in his madness with the blind Gloucester in Act 4 Scene 6.
Who is the first character to speak in 'Hamlet'?
The first speaker is bernardo
