Question

1. Who is Ophelia to Laertes?

2. Before he leaves, Laertes warns Ophelia against what?

3. Why?

4. Who is Polonius to Laertes?

5. What advice does he give to Laertes before Laertes leaves?

6. Who is Ophelia to Polonius?

7. What does she tell Polonius about her relationship with Prince Hamlet?

8. What advice does Polonius give Ophelia about Prince Hamlet?

9. How does Ophelia feel about his advice?

10. With the gunfire and trumpets after midnight, Hamlet explains what about the new king?

11. How does Hamlet feel about that?

12. Why does Hamlet feel that this sort of custom is better broken than kept?

13. Why does Prince Hamlet decide to follow the ghost?

14. What doees Horatio and Marcellus think about the appearance of the ghost?

Answer 1

1. Who is Reynaldo?

2. Where was he?

3. What was he to do to Laertes?

4. Why is Ophelia upset at Prince Hamlet?

5. Describe Hamlet's appearance.

6. What does Polonius think is wrong with Hamlet?

7. Polonius thinks that his lovesickness might be the cause of what?

8. Who does he rush to tell of his idea?

Act II, Scene II

9. Who are Hamlet's two friends that King Claudius and Queen Gertrude have welcomed to their castle?

10. What Claudius and Queen Gertrude concerned about?

11. They hope that Hamlet's friends can do what for him?

12. Who are the two ambassadors that Polinus welcome back from Norway?

13. Who had they met with while in Norway?

14. Why did the elderly king rebuke his son Prince Fortinbras?

15. What did the young Prince Fortinbras then swear he would never do?

16. As a result of hearing this, what did the elderly king hand down to his son, the young Fortinbras?

17. What did the elderly king then urge his son to do?

18. Also, what request did the elderly King Fortinbras send back to King Claudius of Denmark.

19. How did King Claudius feel about the request from the elderly King Fortinbras?

20. Polonius declares that Prince Hamlet is mad with love for whom?

Answer 2

1. Ophelia is Polonius' daughter and Laertes' sister.
2 & 3. As Laertes gets ready to return to France, he bids farewell to his sister Ophelia and cautions her against risking her honor by falling for Hamlet, who is moody and obligated to his country's needs. He advises her to guard her reputation, preserve her virginity, and avoid Hamlet and the "danger of desire."
4. Laertes is the son of Polonius and the brother of Ophelia
5.Polonius admonishes Laertes to keep his thoughts to himself, restrain himself from acting on rash desires, and treat people with familiarity but not with vulgarity.
6.Polonius believes that Hamlet has fallen into madness because of unrequited love
7.The king's advisor, Polonius, believes Hamlet's madness to be lovesickness. You see, Hamlet had gone out with Polonius's daughter, Ophelia, but Polonius forced her to break up with Hamlet. So, Polonius thinks this separation may have caused the young man's madness.
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Answer 3

8.Polonius sternly echoes Laertes' advice and forbids Ophelia to associate with Hamlet anymore. He tells her that Hamlet has deceived her in swearing his love and that she should see through his false vows and rebuff his affections. Ophelia pledges to obey.

Answer 4

10.Shortly after midnight, trumpets and gunfire sound from the castle, and Hamlet explains that the new king is spending the night carousing, as is the Danish custom.

Answer 5

11. The ghost appears and beckons Hamlet to follow it out into the night. He declares that he cares nothing for his life and that, if his soul is immortal, the ghost can do nothing to harm his soul.

Answer 6

14.Voltimand and Cornelius enter and describe what took place with the aged and ailing king of Norway: the king rebuked Fortinbras for attempting to make war on Denmark, and Fortinbras swore he would never again attack the Danes.

Answer 7

15. Voltimand and Cornelius enter and describe what took place with the aged and ailing king of Norway: the king rebuked Fortinbras for attempting to make war on Denmark, and Fortinbras swore he would never again attack the Danes.

Answer 8

13. The ghost tells Hamlet that he is, in fact, the ghost of his dead father. And there's more: the ghost claims that Claudius killed him, taking his throne and his wife in the process. He wants Hamlet to kill Claudius in revenge. Shocked, Hamlet agrees and vows to avenge his father's death.

Answer 9

14. Both Marcellus and Barnardo are amazed by the ghost, which they say resembles the deceased king. Marcellus encourages Horatio to address the ghost. Horatio admits his shock and fear as he gazes at it, and he agrees that it looks like the dead Danish king.

Answer 10

thats direct answers u cant really do that but u can help them find where it says in the book tho :>

Answer 11

I dunno how to help. Bc i have never read the book :<