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Hamlet
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2,117 Questions
He suggests that what keeps people from killing themselves is fear of what happens after death
He compares the body to a "coil" that is "shuffl'd off" at death.
Was hamlet taken prisoner by pirates then brought to Denmark?
Yes, he was. See Act 4 Scene 6 for details.
Are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern willing spies for Claudius and Gertrude in the play Hamlet?
This is open for interpretation, as much of the Hamletplay is. One can assume that it could have been for the glory and reward that they may have expected from the King and Queen.
Hamlet's tragic flaw was his inability to get over his father's death and his mother's remarriage?
false
What does Hamlet surmise from claudius reactions?
The play within a play was supposed to show whether the Ghost had spoken the truth. From Claudius's reaction to The Mousetrap (aka The Murder of Gonzago) Hamlet concludes that the ghost was indeed telling the truth. "I'd take the ghost's word for a thousand pounds."
What does stuffing a girl mean?
I dont really know but it must mean somthing like stuffing your face with pie. I looked it up in a words book The act of "stuffing" every orifice of a female with male genitalia. Usually as part of a gang bang. Depending on how you define orifice, this can mean any number from 3 to 9 to being involved.
How does Hamlet compare and contrast to Animal Farm or to The man in the Iron Mask?
Hamlet is a play. The other two are novels. All three do have something to do with usurpation of authority, but this is pretty vague.
Do rosencrantz and guildenstern know that Hamlet was to be killed?
It is not clear from the text. Hamlet appears to think so when he says "Why, man, they did make love to this employment.", but then, he is answering Horatio's rebuke for his callousness about murdering Ros and Guil, and so may be choosing to believe what is easiest for his conscience. It is clear that the orders were sealed and that Ros and Guil had not read them, but it is possible and even plausible that Claudius, to lend credence to the orders, had orally instructed the messengers on their tenor.
How does hamlet do with his skull?
Hamlet keeps his skull inside his head. He does have a look at various dead people's skulls however.
How did Laertes's words to Ophelia about Hamlet relate to what Polonius said to her about Hamlet?
Both Laertes and Polonius were telling Ophelia not to have anything to do with Hamlet, for different reasons. Laertes says that she should avoid Hamlet because, being a prince, he can be compelled to a political marriage whatever he feels. Polonius says that she should avoid Hamlet because he is only trying to get into her pants.
What specifically has happened in scene iv to prompt the thoughts Hamlet expresses in his soliloquy?
Hamlet is notorious for having a number of soliloquys. You need to specify which one.
Why does Hamlet allude to Pyrrhus throughout Act II Scene ii of Hamlet?
He does not allude to Pyrrhus except when reciting a speech from a play he remembered, a play in which Aeneas is describing the fall of Troy to Dido, queen of Carthage. Aeneas talks about how Pyrrhus killed Priam, the Trojan king, and in the course of reciting the speech he mentions Pyrrhus by name four times. The Player then continues the speech and Hamlet never mentions Pyrrhus again. Act II Scene 2 of Hamlet is immensely long, about 600 lines. For Hamlet to allude to Pyrrhus in a short 14-line speech hardly constitutes alluding to him "throughout the scene". As to why Hamlet brings Pyrrhus up at all, Pyrrhus, otherwise known as Neoptolemos, was the son of Achilles who was avenging his father's death at the hands of the Trojans by killing Priam. His situation therefore has some parallels to Hamlet's.
Why do the clowns in act 5 scene 1 talk as though Hamlet is not present?
The clowns, rather the gravediggers, talk like that because when they are talking Hamlet is not present. It is after one of the gravediggers has exited that Hamlet and Horatio enter.
What suspicion does the ghost confirm for Hamlet?
The ghost confirms hat Claudius murdered his father.
hamlet is faking mad at the beginning so that the king wont guess that hamlet knows he killed his father. but when ophelia dies he actually goes mad and expresses his love to her.
How is jealousy used in Hamlet?
Jealousy was the driving force behind Claudius killing his brother, King Hamlet, is because he is jealous and wants to be the king so he can have more power and do whatever he plays. He gave in to temptation and did what he thought would allow him to get him what he wanted with no one to stand in the way.
What does the king drink to in Hamlet?
King Claudius will drink to anything. In Act 1 Scene 2 he says "No jocund health that Denmark drinks today but the great cannon to the clouds shall tell, and the King's rouse the heavens shall bruit again, respeaking earthly thunder." He's still at it that night, at midnight when Hamlet has to explain to Horatio why the cannons keep going off: "The King doth wake tonight and takes his rouse, . . . and as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down the kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out the triumph of his pledge.
He does it again in Act 5 scene 2 when he says: "Give me the cups and let the kettle to the trumpet speak, the trumpet to the cannoneer without, the cannons to the heavens, the heaven to earth, 'Now the King drinks to Hamlet'"
Where are apostrophes in Hamlet?
one example is in act 2 scene 2:"…O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!/Is it not monstrous that this player here,/But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,/Could force his soul so to his own conceit…"
The Hamlet book I'm holding has 4070 lines in the book. The book is called Cliffs Complete and has the play Hamlet in it as well as other information about the play.
-Neo917
