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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.
2,117 Questions
What did Claudius grandmother do?
claudius's grandmother was usually poisoning people who get in the way of herself and her own family
Song about Gertrude in Hamlet?
There is no song about Gertrude in Hamlet. The songs are: songs sung by Ophelia in her madness, mostly about death and loss of virginity, and the song sung by the gravedigger, which is a love song. None of them could possibly refer to Gertrude.
act madly, when really he is not mad.
Are rosencrantz and guildenstern reluctant and unwilling to obey the king?
No; they are more than happy to serve the king.
What is it that seems to chase the ghost away in hamlet?
A cock (rooster) crowing. Roosters are, of course, supposed to crow at dawn, and the ghost says he must return to Purgatory before then.
What is the adaptation of Hamlet on Disney?
Disney based the Lion King loosely around the plot of Hamlet- missing some vital plot points nevertheless.
In Hamlet what line is the quote all men are liars and what act and scene is it in?
Perhaps the line you are thinking of is Hamlet's line in Act III Scene 1: "We are arrant knaves all; believe none of us."
Why would you read hamlet in class?
It is an epic masterpiece of our time, and far by Shakespeare's most popular peace. It teaches readers many things in literature important to our time.
Ophelia belongs to many people. Ophelia is when a person can not think independently.
How do you learn in the first scene that something is wrong in Denmark?
When you approach a guard, the guard's job is to challenge you and ask who you are. But the first line of the play "who's there?" are not delivered by the guard on duty. Instead it is delivered by Bernardo, who has come to replace the guard. He knows there's a guard there, because he has come to replace him. So why is he not sure who is there? (We find out later, it's because he's not sure whether it might be a ghost)
In the first two words of the play, Shakespeare tells us that something is not right, just by putting them in the wrong character's mouth.
True or false Claudius never admits his guilt to the audience?
False. He admits it twice, once in a remark just before Hamlet's To Be or Not To Be speech and again in his soliloquy "Oh, my offence is rank, it smells unto heaven."
How does Gertrude not know how king Hamlet died?
She's not a doctor. Claudius claimed that Hamlet Sr. died of a snakebite, and she had no reason to believe otherwise. The key line is her response to Hamlet's "Almost as bad, dear mother, as to kill a king and marry with his brother." Hamlet is accusing her of the murder, but her response "To kill a king?" shows that to Gertrude the real shocker in Hamlet's statement is that his father was murdered at all. She had no idea.
What was claudius templesmith's message?
She gave them a number, representing they're district. And she invited them to the feast.
What is the play within a play's title How does the king react to the play?
Two questions here. You would have had more luck by asking them seperately.
1: The play is called The Murder of Gonzago. Hamlet calls it The Mousetrap, but that is its function, not its real name.
2: "The king rises". Claudius is visibly upset by the play.
They were sent for specifically to spy on Hamlet and report to the king and queen. Spies generally do not like the people they are spying on to know it. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern would have an easier time getting unguarded admissions from Hamlet if they were not "outed".
One may smile and smile and smile and still be villain?
Said by Hamlet in Act 1, Scene 5:
"...O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!
My tables,--meet it is I set it down,
That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain;
At least I'm sure it may be so in Denmark..."
http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/hamlet/6/
Why is the ghost of Old Hamlet denied it's eternal rest?
Because he was killed before he had the chance to confess his sins.
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.
