Hamlet - questioning the meaning of life
The poisoned tip of Laertes' blade cuts Hamlet in their duel in Act V; thus Laertes is the direct cause of Hamlet's death.
He appears three times, in four different scenes. First he appears to Marcellus, Bernardo and Horatio in Act one Scene 1. He later appears to them with Hamlet in Act 1 Scene 4. Hamlet follows the ghost offstage then reappears chasing him in Act 1 Scene 5. The two scenes are part of the same appearance. Finally, the ghost appears briefly in the closet scene, Act 3 Scene 4.
This is one of the most debated questions about Hamlet and one to which no definitive answer can be given. There are three possible answers: 1. Hamlet was really mad. 2. Hamlet was just putting it on. Evidence for this are his lines to his friends that he is going to "put an antic disposition on". He also says clearly to his mother that "it is not madness that I speak". He behaves very strangely when he is with Polonius but once he is gone, his behaviour changes and he sneers, "These tedious old fools." 3. Both. He was putting it on but he was unstable. Actors have played him all three ways successfully.
Gertrude is the Queen of Denmark and the mother of Hamlet. She has no idea that Claudius killed her son's father. As shown in Act 3 scene 4. This reasoning comes from where Hamlet goes to her room and tells her angrily of what she has done wrong. It is news to her of Claudius being a murder and a villain.
Hamlet - questioning the meaning of life
Hamlet instructs Ophelia to go to a nunnery in Act 3, Scene 1 of the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare.
The Shakespearean character Hamlet says the phrase "To be or not to be" as part of an immensely famous speech in Act 3 Scene 1 of the play Hamlet. Whether he "belongs" to the phrase is something else, and I'm not sure exactly what that means.
These are the first six words of a speech Hamlet makes in Act 3 Scene 1 of the play.
The poisoned tip of Laertes' blade cuts Hamlet in their duel in Act V; thus Laertes is the direct cause of Hamlet's death.
Polonius is interested in seeing whether spying on Hamlet's conversation with Gertrude will justify his theory that Hamlet is mad for love. (see the end of Act 3 Scene 1)
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1.
He appears three times, in four different scenes. First he appears to Marcellus, Bernardo and Horatio in Act one Scene 1. He later appears to them with Hamlet in Act 1 Scene 4. Hamlet follows the ghost offstage then reappears chasing him in Act 1 Scene 5. The two scenes are part of the same appearance. Finally, the ghost appears briefly in the closet scene, Act 3 Scene 4.
The quote "Neither a borrower nor lender be" is from William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet." It is spoken by the character Polonius in Act 1, Scene 3 as part of his advice to his son Laertes before he leaves for France.
In Act 1 Scene 3 of Hamlet, Ophelia agrees to reject Hamlet's amorous advances as her father instructed her to do.
Hamlet tells his mother Queen Gertrude that she must repent choosing Claudius over his father. This occurs in Act 3 scene 4 of Hamlet.
William Shakespeare; it is a line from Hamlet's soliloquy in the play 'Hamlet' (act 3, scene 1).