Question

name: carlos gonzalez
hamlet act one
recall how king hamlet is described in scene 1. what could his ghost symbolize?
described as a brave and noble warrior. his ghost symbolizes unresolved justice, or revenge
explain why horatio is bothered by the ghost.
because the ghost looks exactly like the dead king hamlet which is unnatural
annotate hamlets soliloquy by underlining evidence for how he feels about his rage to claudius. then, create a list of words in a thought bubble that describe
but two months dead—nay, not so much, not two:
so excellent a king; that was to this
hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother,
that he might not beteem the winds of heaven
visit her face too roughly. heaven and earth!
must i remember? why, she would hang on him
as if increase of appetite had grown
by what it fed on; and yet, within a month—
by what it fed on; and yet, within a month—
let me not think ont—frailty, thy name is woman!
a little month, or ere those shoes were old
with which she followed my poor fathers body
like niobe, all tears.—why she, even she—
o god! a beast that wants discourse of reason
would have mournd longer,—married with mine uncle,
my fathers brother; but no more like my father
than i to hercules. within a month,
ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears
had left the flushing in her galled eyes,
she married. o most wicked speed, to post
with such dexterity to incestuous sheets!
it is not, nor it cannot come to good.
but break, my heart, for i must hold my tongue.
describe the setting of the opening act. how shakespeares setting choice establish the mood
setting

• castle wall • denmark
• winter • dark

mood

• mysterious

paraphrase the conflict between norway and denmark
norway
fortinbras wants to fight against denmark to get back their land
at the beginning of scene 2 king claudius is hamlets _ and is newly married to hamlets mother

Explanation:

The questions revolve around analyzing Shakespeare's play Hamlet, including character - related analysis (Horatio's reaction to the ghost, Hamlet's feelings towards Claudius), symbolic interpretation (the ghost of King Hamlet), and description of setting and mood. These are typical literary analysis tasks.

Answer:

1. King Hamlet is described as a brave and noble warrior in scene 1. His ghost symbolizes unresolved justice and revenge.
2. Horatio is bothered by the ghost because it looks exactly like the dead King Hamlet, which is unnatural.
3. In Hamlet's soliloquy, words like "wicked", "incestuous", and "frailty" show his disgust and contempt towards Claudius and his mother's hasty marriage. The setting of the opening act is a castle wall in Denmark during winter, which is dark, creating a mysterious mood. The conflict between Norway and Denmark is that Fortinbras wants to fight against Denmark to get back their land. At the beginning of scene 2, King Claudius is Hamlet's uncle and is newly married to Hamlet's mother.