1. Allie, Alvin, Ashley, Austin, Cristin, Neal
Hamlet
Act III
Allie, Alvin, Ashley, Austin, Cristin, Neal

2. Summary
Hamlet is still thought to be insane by many people because of his recent actions. He directs the play, The Murder of Gonzago, but changes it to fit the circumstances of his father’s death and his mother’s remarriage. This humiliates the King and Queen. Hamlet was going to kill Claudius, but he can’t bring himself to do it while Claudius is praying because he will not suffer. He later has a conversation with his mother regarding her hasty remarriage to his uncle and gets a visit from the Ghost at this time. Polonius is spying behind the curtain and Hamlet accidentally stabs him, thinking it is Claudius.
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3. Questions

4. In scene i, Queen Gertrude expresses her hope that…
Ophelia is the cause of all of Hamlet’s brash actions in the story. She hopes that his love and feelings for Ophelia is the cause of the change in character that Hamlet has had.
Hamlet’s

5. During Hamlet’s conversation with Ophelia, in what way does he insult and warn her?
Hamlet questions Ophelia’s honesty and fairness. Hamlet used to love Ophelia once. Hamlet tells Ophelia to go to the “Nunnery” multiple times. Hamlet tells Ophelia to marry a fool since wise men know how women turn them into monsters. He warns her not to believe any man. However, he does NOT openly accuse her of being unfaithful.

6. As a result of their conversation, Ophelia is convinced that Hamlet…
Ophelia is convinced that Hamlet has become crazy.

7. Polonius and King Claudius decide…
They will have Gertrude question Hamlet about his feelings and about what is bothering him, with Polonius as a witness. Polonius still believes Hamlet is acting strangely because he is in love, but Claudius knows that is not the reason.
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8. In scene ii, Hamlet gives Horatio the important task of…
Keeping an eye on the king during the entire play and seeing how he would react to certain scenes.

9. The name of the play within the play is…
“The Murder of Gonzago”
...but Hamlet’s version is called
“The Mousetrap”

10. Hamlet believes that the play…
Hamlet thinks that the play will make his mother and stepfather feel guilty and prove that Claudius did kill his father by his reaction.

11. In scene iii, King Claudius delivers a soliloquy in which he admits ____, tries to ____, and says that he cannot obtain forgiveness because he cannot ___.
He killed his brother; repent; take it back

12. Hamlet decides not to avenge his father’s murder in this scene because…
King Claudius is praying in the scene in which he is about to be killed by Hamlet and Hamlet wants to catch and avenge his father's death while Claudius is committing a sin.
Capitalize Hamlet

13. In scene iv, Hamlet stabs ____ through the curtain in his mother’s room because…
Polonius. He thought it was King Claudius and stabs him by mistake.

14. Quotations

15. “…to the noble mind / Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.”
Ophelia
Theme:human weakness.
Literary device: couplet

16. “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” Queen Gertrude
Literary device: dramatic irony

17. “O, my offense is rank; it smells to heaven; / It hath the primal eldest curse upon’t…”
King Claudius
Theme: Guilt
Literary device: Imagery; Allusion

18. As hell, whereto it goes.” Hamlet
“When he is drunk asleep; or in his rage; / Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed… /
Then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven / And that his soul may be as damned and black
As hell, whereto it goes.”
Hamlet
Theme: Revenge; Corruption
Literary device: simile

19. “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; / Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
Claudius
Themes: Guilt; Human Weakness
Literary device: Couplet

20. “O shame! Where is thy blush?” Hamlet
Theme: guilt ; weakness
Literary device: personification

21. Spoken by Hamlet to Ophelia
“I must be cruel, only to be kind; / Thus bad begins and worse remains behind.”
Spoken by Hamlet to Ophelia
Theme: Revenge; Corruption
Literary Device: Paradox and a Couplet

22. “This visitation is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose…”
The Ghost of the Old King
Literary device: Monologue; Imagery
Theme: Revenge; Human Weakness

23. Soliloquy ‘’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. To die, to sleep
No more and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache and the thousand natural shocks…”

24. Parody To eat or not to eat, that is the question
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to stuff myself with the sweets and treats of outrageous proportion, or to be thrown in an oven
And, by opposing, end us. To die, to eat
No more sweets—and by a sleep to say we end
The stomachache and the thousand tasty treats we ate