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Why does hamlet repeatedly say to Ophelia get three to a nunnery?
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How are Antigone Gertrude from Hamlet and Ophelia Hamlet similar?
Antigone and Ophelia are similar because they both are heartbroken over the loss of a loved one (in Ophelia's case two loved ones, Pelonius, her father. And Hamlet, her boyfriend). And Gertrude and Ophelia are similar because they both seem to have the need for someone to look after them and love them, because almost immediatly after Hamlet Sr. dies Gertrude moves right on to Hamlet's uncle for a sense of security. The same goes for Ophelia in that she goes completely insane after the loss of her father and after Hamlet acts like a jerk to her. But I don't see a common connection between all three of them.
How does Hamlet test Ophelia in Scene 1 does he succeed or fail Explain To which thematic concept does this tie and how so?
In Act 3 Scene 1 of Hamlet ("The Nunnery Scene"), Ophelia has been sent to help Claudius and Polonius spy on him. At some point Hamlet realizes this and tests her. Many productions show this as happening with Hamlet's line "Where is your father?" Hamlet knows he's watching and wants to see what Ophelia's reaction will be. Ophelia can't give the honest answer ("He's behind the curtains over there") and so replies "At home, my lord" which is a lie. Hamlet knows it, and Ophelia knows that Hamlet knows it. Hamlet knows that she cannot be trusted, and becomes violently angry at her betrayal of their relationship. Some people would put this moment earlier in the scene, at Hamlet's line "Are you honest?". Indeed, he may have made up his mind about her when he burst into her closet with his stockings down-gyved to his ankle. Rather than "the very ecstasy of love", his behaviour may have been wondering whether he can trust Ophelia, and concluding that he cannot. The Nunnery scene is the second of three scenes where the king uses those nearest and dearest to Hamlet to spy on him. In the first, his school chums Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sent to sound him out. Hamlet suspects that they are spies, possibly because of something he sees or hears just before the line "But in the beaten way of friendship, what make you at Elsinore?" (I recommend watching this scene in the 1964 production of Hamlet with Richard Burton, to see this clearly) In the third, it is his mother who is used, but Polonius the spymaster gives himself aways and pays with his life. Spying is a constant theme in Hamlet, which is nicely pointed up in Grigori Kosintsev's 1964 film and David Tennant's 2010 production.
What was hamlets treatment of Ophelia?
She went along with her father's plan to cut off all communication with him which was not very nice. She also went along with her father's plan to entice Hamlet into revealing why he is acting oddly, at least in part. This was a betrayal of confidence, and Hamlet was furious about it.
What are the three instances of spying that occur in act 2 or 3 of Hamlet?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern spy on Hamlet, Claudius and Polonius spy on Hamlet while he is talking to Ophelia, and Polonius spies on Hamlet when he is talking to Gertrude. On the other hand, Hamlet and Horatio spy on Claudius during the play-within-a-play. And in a completely unrelated bit of spying Polonius gets Reynaldo to spy on Laertes.
How many people die in Hamlet?
There are eight individuals who die during the play, three of them offstage :Hamlet himself, King Claudius and Queen Gertrude, Polonius, Laertes, Ophelia, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Hamlet's father is dead before the play opens, and only his Ghost appears.(It's also implied that the servant Reynaldo dies, although that has to be interpreted.)
Who lost their father in hamlet?
Hamlet was at school at Wittenberg, a famous college in Germany. Wittenberg is where the Protestant Reformation started, and that's probably the association we're supposed to make. He returned to Elsinore for the funeral.
How has Polonius' remark in Act 1 that hamlets words of love to ophelia were only springs to catch woodcocks become central to the action of the play?
"Springes" (not springs) are traps. Hamlet is all about people trying to trap other people. First we have Claudius and Polonius trying to trap Hamlet into making some admission about the cause of his apparent lunacy. The bait they use in these traps is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, then Ophelia, and finally Gertrude. Meanwhile Hamlet sets a trap "The Mousetrap" to get a confession of guilt out of Claudius and it works. By the end of act three, Hamlet and Claudius no longer need to set traps for information. Claudius sends Hamlet to England to collect Danegeld, but it is really a trap to kill Hamlet. Hamlet is not caught, but Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are "hoist with their own petard" and die. Claudius and Laertes set new traps for Hamlet, but these end up killing Laertes and Gertrude and exposing Claudius, enabling Hamlet to kill him without opposition from whoever is left alive at that point.
What did Hamlet do at the end of the play?
Marcellus says that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark while Hamlet leaves to meet the ghost dragging the dead body of Polonius with him. Gertrude watches him leave as she reports that Ophelia has just died. But perhaps it would be clearer if we knew which of the three scene 4s in Hamlet we were talking about.
What three specific things did Hamlet use?
In the play Hamlet, Hamlet uses a sword, a wine glass, and a skull.
What three items did Hamlet love?
Hamlet was dedicated, he had values and ideals and did not love to be compromised.
How many deaths occurred in Hamlet?
Hamlet single handedly kills three people: Polonius (Laertes' father) by accident, Laertes with a poisoned rapier (that was originally Laertes' at the beginning of the duel, they scuffle and accidentally switch rapiers), and the King (his uncle) by forcing him to finish the poisoned wine (the same wine that Hamlet's mother, the queen, accidentally drank. it was originally meant for hamlet to drink). You could say that Hamlet basically killed rosencrantz and guildenstern too. He sent them to England in place of himself, and the letter that Hamlet was supposed to deliver said, "kill the person that delivers this message," so, naturally, the two were killed by authorities in England. Hamlet betrayed them, so he's somewhat responsible for their deaths.
Who did Claudius bet on for the fight between Hamlet and Laertes?
Hamlet. Osric says, "The King, sir, has laid, sir, that in a dozen passes between yourself and him he shall not exceed you three hits." The "him" and "he" is Laertes. This is a point-spread bet. The king is betting that in twelve exchanges Laertes will not have a score three or more higher than Hamlet's. If Laertes hits Hamlet three more times than Hamlet hits him, Laertes wins, if he only hits him two more times than Hamlet does, the King wins. Laertes' reputation has given rise to these odds, but everyone seems to have underestimated Hamlet. Although the match ends after three exchanges, at that point the score is Hamlet 2, Laertes nil.
