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Q: Why does Ophelia give king Claudius fennel's and columbines?
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What does Ophelia tell Claudius about hamlet?

Assuming you are talking about Act II, Ophelia describes how Hamlet came to her chamber, looking disheveled and unkempt, looking depressed, unable to speak, but looked at her, sighed, and wandered away, distracted.


Who were the primary characters in Act I of Hamlet and give an attribute for each one?

A. Gertrude---------Queen of Denmark B. Polonius----------Murdered by Hamlet C. Ophelia-----------Daughter of Polonius D. Claudius----------King of Denmark


Who tells ophelia to get to a nunnery?

Ophelia is definitely very hurt by what Hamlet has said. Hamlet saying such a phrase only further pushes Ophelia's feeling that she was cheated by Hamlet, that the love they had together earlier was not real.


What is revealed in Claudius soliloquy?

In most of Claudius' asides he shows the audience that he is not a completely inhumane character. In act three he describes his guilt as a "heavy burden" showing that he is remorseful for his actions. In his aside in act five he tries to stop Gertrude from drinking the poison, then when she does he describes how it is "too late" showing that he may have had non-sefish feelings for Gertrude.


What is the turning point in act 3 in hamlet?

The first is the play scene, which the King reveals himself as a murderer. The second is the present scene, in which Hamlet fails to kill Claudius. The third is the killing of Polonius in the next scene.


What are the flowers that Ophelia uses in Hamlet?

Excerpted from Ophelia's lines in Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5:"There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray,love, remember: and there is pansies. that's for thoughts....There's fennel for you, and columbines: there's ruefor you; and here's some for me: we may call itherb-grace o' Sundays: O you must wear your rue witha difference. There's a daisy: I would give yousome violets, but they withered all when my fatherdied: they say he made a good end,--"


What news did Gertrude give to Laertes?

Ophelia tells her father polonius that her boyfriend Hamlet has gone insane.


What are facts about the temple of the divine claudius?

i dont give a dam


What was Ophelia's full name?

In the play she is only referred to as Ophelia. One might look at the naming customs in Scandinavia, but the characters in the play do not as a rule have Scandinavian names, except Hamlet himself and his mother (based on the names Amleth and Geruth in the original by Saxo). Claudius, Laertes, Polonius--these are classical names, not Germanic. Shakespeare changed the names from his sources to suit himself, and probably did not give any thought as to whether the characters would conform to English or any other naming convention.


Can you give me an example of foreshowding in hamlet?

When Ophelia is singing about flowers at a grave which forebodes/forshadows her death.


What is the storyline to Hamlet?

Hamlet is the son of King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude of Denmark, but his father has recently died and his uncle Claudius has become king and married Queen Gertrude. Hamlet is taken to a battlement where the ghost of his father appears and tells him that he was murdered by Claudius and commands Hamlet to revenge him by killing Claudius. Hamlet decides to act crazy while looking for a chance to get at the king. His crazy behaviour induces the king to set spies on him, first his school pals Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and later his girlfriend Ophelia. Hamlet, still unsure of the ghost's veracity, gets some travelling players to put on a play which mimics the murder. Claudius's reactions confirm he is the murderer all right. Hamlet then has a chance to kill him, but holds his hand because he is praying. He then visits his mother in her room and kills the king's advisor who is also his girlfriend's father and who was spying on him for the king. The king then sends him to England to get him out of the way with instructions to the English to kill him. The death of her father drives Ophelia crazy and she drowns. Her brother arrives, desperate for revenge. Hamlet's ship gets attacked by pirates and he ends up back in England. Ophelia's brother Laertes and the king plot to kill Hamlet by staging a fencing match in which Laertes will have a poisoned sharp sword, and Claudius will give Hamlet a poisoned drink. But it all backfires. Hamlet gets hold of the poisoned sword after Laertes cuts him with it and kills Laertes. Gertrude drinks the poisoned drink and dies. Hamlet stabs Claudius and gives him the remains of the poisoned drink and then dies himself in the arms of his best friend Horatio.


When Claudius asks hamlet what the name of the murder of gonzago play is what name does hamlet give?

The Mousetrap.