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Hamlet

Includes questions specifically asking about this Shakespeare play. Questions about the movie version should be placed under "Movies." Questions about Shakespeare should be placed under his category under Authors and Poets.

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Why do ghost come back to haunt you?

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In real life, they don't. The main reason that people feel, hear or see things that can't be explained is that these ghosts are simply trying to communicate and let those that are alive that they are still around and probably need something from them, like wanting to cross over. It also depends on whether the ghost is even a ghost or not, like if it's an intelligent paranormal spirit or if it's just some sort of energy that is connected to a particular object that that person had been the most connected to.

In the cartoon world, it's more because they have nothing better to do.

What instruction does hamlet give Horatio prior to the staging of the play?

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Basically, Hamlet asks Horatio for help in keeping an eye on Claudius during the 'Mousetrap' play.

Why do hamlet suppose he declined his mothers invitation to sit near her?

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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.

When does Hamlet duel Laertes?

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does* and it's a duel that was set up before by Laertes and Claudius to kill Hamlet. For Laertes because Claudius told him that Hamelt murdered his brother and for Claudius so Hamlet doesn't spill the secret that Claudius murdered Senior Hamlet.

Who is the villain Hamlet refers to in line 594?

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Whenever Hamlet talks about a villain, he's talking about his uncle King Claudius. He's often unwilling to accuse him directly and pretends he's talking in generalities about how everyone's evil. But Claudius is definitely the villain of the piece.

What kills laertes?

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Laertes is killed by the poisoned sword that he originally killed Hamlet with.

After wounding Hamlet with the poisoned sword, the swords are switched and Hamlet wounds Laertes with the poisoned sword.

How did Hamlet feel about Claudius being king?

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Claudius (the king) respects Hamlet as a son in the beginning. He even tells Hamlet that he hopes that he sees him as a father figure. Claudius views Hamlet as a son and hopes to eventually have Hamlet view him as a father.

Who is Bernardo in Hamlet?

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They are soldiers of the watch. Of course they know who Hamlet is, since he's the prince. Hamlet may not be so sure about them. When they come with Horatio in Act 1 Scene 2, he does not appear to know Bernardo at all. He greets him "Good even sir" when he calls Marcellus by name.

Who are the player of the play Hamlet?

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One of the characters in the play Hamlet is called the "First Player", which means he is an actor. He is the "first" player because he is the leader of the actors who have come to visit Elsinore.

Who brought hamlet back to Denmark?

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As far as we see, this is Horatio. He receives letters directly from the sailors who brought Hamlet back (probably the same pirates who captured him, in fact!) while Claudius and Gertrude get theirs through a relay of messengers. The relevant scene is Act 4, Scene 6.

Why does ophelia sing street songs?

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Because she's crazy (probably). One common interpretation is that she's confessing that she had sex with Hamlet, and another is that with her overprotective family dead, she's delirious with the sexual opportunities that have just opened up. The important thing is that it's very inappropriate, which shows she's not in her right mind.

Is the climax of Hamlet is generally considered to occur when Hamlet does not take the opportunity to kill the praying Claudius?

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No I was not. According to the text, killing someone while they are free of sin(like while praying) will allow them to skip purgatory and go straight to heaven. Hamlet Senior (the ghost) did not have this chance to pray before being killed. Because of this, he is stuck in purgatory. Hamlet wants Claudius to have the same result has Hamlet Senior had.

The ironic thing about this scene is that after Hamlet leaves, Claudius says that he unable to truly confess his sins; therefore, if Hamlet would have killed him, Claudius still would have gone to purgatory.

Who instructs Hamlet to punish Gertrude?

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You betcha. "Revenge my most unnatural murder." is what he says.

What or who stops Hamlet from doing violence to getrude when he forgets his fathers commandment?

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Polonius, after Gertrude cries out in her closet (private chamber), calls "What, ho! Help!" and Hamlet hears it, thus turning his attention to the spy. Polonius loses his life for it.

What does Hamlet ask Horatio to do during the performance?

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Depends on which part of the book... if it's near the beginning, then Hamlet asks them to pay no mind to his crazy behavior which he will fake later on.

In Hamlet what does Hamlet mean when he says the time is out of joint?

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Polonius

This above all: to thine own self be true,

And it must follow, as the night the day,

Thou canst not then be false to any man.

Conversely, if day follows night, somebody is being untrue to himself. Just after he has been false to himself by erasing himself from the book of his own brain, as the day is following the night, Hamlet says:

The time is out of joint.

Claudius

. . .our sometime sister, now our queen, The imperial jointress to this warlike state,

Marcellus

What might be toward, that this sweaty haste

Doth make the night joint-labourer with the day:

Who is't that can inform me?

Horatio

That can I;

At least, the whisper goes so. Our last king,

Whose image even but now appear'd to us,

. . . .

Bernardo

I think it be no other but e'en so:

Well may it sort that this portentous figure

Comes armed through our watch; so like the king

That was and is the question of these wars.

What examples of indecision does Hamlet?

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wether or not he's giong to kill himself. "To be or not to be, that is the question" Hamlet also has to debate whether or not he will go through with the revenge he is seeking for his father's death, which is to kill Claudius. This is what the whole play is about, revenge. In Act 3, Scene 2, Hamlet makes the players put on a play mimicking what had happened in Denmark (i.e. a murder puts poison in its victim's ear). Hamlet asks Horatio to watch Claudius' expression during the play, and Horatio confirms that Claudius seems uneasy and feels the guilt, as he brings the play to the end. Claudius' reaction confirms Hamlet's decision, and Hamlet knows that he is making the right decision by seeking revenge on Claudius for killing his father.

Who speaks from below the stage in hamlet?

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The ghost, in Act 1 Scene 5.

What university did hamlet attend?

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Hamlet studied at the University of Wittenberg

Did Gertrude die?

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She drank poison.

What was Shakespeare's term for a pearl in Hamlet act v scene 2?

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According to line 273, "union" is another word for pearl.

Why does Hamlet call claudius dear mother?

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Act 4, Scene 3. Hamlet is being banished from Denmark and sent to England after killing Polonius.

King: So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes.

Hamlet: I see a cherub that sees them. But come, for England! Farewell, dear mother.

King: They loving father, Hamlet.

Hamlet: My mother. Father and mother is man and wife, man and wife is one flesh, and so, my mother. Come, for England!