What is Hamlet's meaning when he tells Ophelia to get to a "nunnery?"

She should focus on her studies.

She should become a prostitute.

What favor does Hamlet ask of Horatio?

to watch Claudius during the play to see his reaction

to watch Claudius during the dinner party to see his reaction

to watch Claudius during the movie to see his reaction

to watch Claudius during the funeral to see his reaction

When Claudius shouts for the lights before the play is over, Hamlet is convinced that

Claudius murdered Hamlet's father

Claudius is really angry with Gertrude

Claudius’s comment in Scene 1 that he is happy to hear of Hamlet’s interest in the troupe of actors is an example of dramatic irony because

the audience knows that Claudius will be made unhappy by the play.

the audience knows that Hamlet is just pretending interest in the arrival of the actors.

Claudius thinks Hamlet has recovered his senses.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are unaware of the reason that Claudius is worried about Hamlet

Hamlet questions Ophelia’s honesty when he encounters her in Scene 1 because

he knows her purpose in talking to him.

he is disillusioned with his mother

he can no longer tell lies from truth

Which quotation expresses the true reason the king wishes to get Hamlet out of the way after overhearing his conversation with Ophelia?

“There’s something in his soul / . . . the hatch and the disclose / Will be some danger”

“he shall with speed to England / For the demand of our neglected tribute”

“what he spake, though it lacked form a little, / Was not like madness”

“Haply the seas, and countries different, / . . . shall expel / This something-settled matter in his heart”

In Scene 2, what is revealed by Hamlet’s request of Horatio that he “observe my uncle” during the play?

Hamlet is cautious about assigning blame wrongly.

Horatio is already convinced of the king’s guilt.

Hamlet has made up his mind to act.

Horatio fears the king may flee Denmark if his guilt is unmasked.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are prompted to do the king’s bidding by their

hope of advancement and reward.

Which statement from Claudius’s soliloquy expresses the main idea?

“Pray can I not, / Though inclination be sharp as will”

“O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven”

“And oft ’tis seen the wicked prize itself / Buys out the law”

“It hath the primal eldest curse upon ’t, / A brother’s murder”

What is the irony of Claudius’s comment at the end of Scene 3, “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below”?

Hamlet spared his life because he thought Claudius was praying.

The stress of Claudius’s situation is preventing him from doing the simplest tasks.

He knew he couldn’t pray before he tried.

Hamlet is not able to pray either

The Ghost appears in Scene 4 to

mitigate Hamlet’s cruel treatment of his mother.

make Hamlet appear even more insane in his mother’s eyes.

symbolize Hamlet’s guilt over the killing of Polonius.

warn Hamlet that Claudius is going to try to kill him.

Explain the quotation: " To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them."

Is it better to die, or to live with all of the horrible things that life throws at us?

When people die in battle, is it fate, or the random result of fortune?

Is it better to die in battle, or to die at sea?

Explain the quotation: "To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there's the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause"

Dying is like sleeping, but the mystery of what happens after death is what frightens us.

Is it better to sleep and have nightmares or choose to never sleep at all?

The bliss of death is like living in a dream that never ends.

When we sleep and have bad dreams, it helps to have someone who is there to wake us.

Explain the quotation: "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

I can pray, but if I don't mean it I can't be forgiven.

If you do not ask for forgiveness, you can never go to heaven,

Now that I have confessed to heaven I will be free.

If only I had wings to fly on, the way my prayers do, I would take heaven for myself.

Explain the quotation: "Soft! now to my mother. O heart, lose not thy nature; let not ever The soul of Nero enter this firm bosom: Let me be cruel, not unnatural: I will speak daggers to her, but use none;"

Now I must go to my mother. I mustn't be overcome with murderous thoughts; I will be cruel with her, but not violent.

Let my heart lose it's gentle nature so that I may be ruthless with my mother.

I must now speak with my most cruel and unnatural mother.

If only I had a dagger, I would feel better going into this confrontation.

Explain the quotation: "O Hamlet, speak no more! Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul, And there I see such black and grainèd spots As will not leave their tinct."

Speak no more! You show me my own guilt.

Speak no more! You rave fantasies!

Speak no more - this is no way to address your mother!

Speak no more! You've shown me your true, black nature.

Hamlet Act 3

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Hamlet Act 3

According to Hamlet, what is the reason he doesn't commit suicide?

Who is the only one who believes Ophelia to be the cause of Hamlet's madness?

Hamlet decides to tell the actors to perform the story of his father's killing,so that

At the end of Scene I, King Claudius has decided to

King Claudius' aside while trying to pray reveals

In the bedroom scene (scene iv), Hamlet forces Gertrude to look at two pictures

At the end of the bedroom scene, Hamlet asks his mother

Where does Polonius hide when Hamlet is talking to Gertrude?

What is Hamlet's meaning when he tells Ophelia to get to a "nunnery?"

What favor does Hamlet ask of Horatio?

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