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17 Cards in this Set
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In the beginning of act 3, what do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern report to the king as being the source of joy for Hamlet?
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The players.
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What does Polonius say to Ophelia that triggers guilt inside of Claudius?
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People are only devoted to mask their bad deeds.
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What is Hamlet contemplating in his "To be, or not to be" speech?
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Suicide.
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What does Hamlet ask Ophelia to do at the end of this speech?
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To go to a nunnery, which may also mean brothel.
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What two actions does Polonius suggest at the end of Act 3 Scene 1?
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Make Hamlet go to England and spy on him with his mother.
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What does Hamlet ask of Horatio at the beginning of Act 3 scene 2?
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He asks him to observe the king's reactions during the play.
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Why does the king leave the play?
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Because he feels guilty for what he has done, he is disturbed by the scene.
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What does Hamlet plan to do and not to do when speaking with his mother?
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He plans not to hurt her physically but emotionally, as expressed in the quote "speak daggers but use none".
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Why does Claudius believe his sins cannot be forgiven?
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Because he retains the goods he gained from killing his brother, namely, the throne and Gertrude.
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Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius while he prays? When would he like to kill him?
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Hamlet doesn't want to kill Claudius while he is praying because he does not want Claudius to go to heaven. Instead, he decides that he will kill him while he sins.
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Who appears to direct Hamlet to help his mother in Act 3 Scene 4? Can his mother see this person?
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The ghost of Hamlet's father appears. His mother cannot see him and believes Hamlet has gone mad.
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What does Hamlet tell his mother not to do in their conversation in Act 3 Scene 4?
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He tells her not to go back to bed with his uncle, and not to tell others he is not crazy.
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"Thus conscience does make cowards of us all"
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Thinking of all the possibilities of an action makes us scared and ultimately makes us not do it.
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"God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another"
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You use makeup to cover yourselves or you are two-faced.
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"Nor what he spake, though it lack'd form a little, was not like madness"
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What he says is disorganized but not crazy.
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"O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven"
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He did a very bad thing, for which he will not go to heaven.
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"go not, till I set you up a glass where you may see the inmost part of you"
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Stay here until I make you see yourself as you really are, realize the evil in your actions.
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