Hamlet, Part 7: Plot and Character

Question 1

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manipulative

Question 2

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Claudius: He made confession of you, And gave you such a masterly report For art and exercise in your defence, And for your rapier most especially, That he cried out, 'twould be a sight indeed If one could match you; the scrimers of their nation, He swore, had neither motion, guard, nor eye, If you oppos'd them. Sir, this report of his Did Hamlet so envenom with his envy That he could nothing do but wish and beg Your sudden coming o'er, to play with him. No

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to illustrate Claudius’s skills of manipulation

Question 3

Which word best describes Laertes in Act IV of Hamlet?

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passionate

Question 4

best

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He becomes less concerned with correct behavior.

Question 5

Hamlet stages a performance about a murder to discern Claudius’s guilt. This is part of Hamlet’s

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rising action.

Question 6

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Claudius: Where are my Switzers? Let them guard the door. What is the matter?Gentleman: Save yourself, my lord; The ocean, overpeering of his list, Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste Than young Laertes, in a riotous head, O'erbears your officers. The rabble call him lord; And, as the world were now but to begin, Antiquity forgot, custom not known, The ratifiers and props of every word, They cry, 'Choose we; Laertes shall be king!' Caps, hands, and

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Laertes’s popular support increases Claudius’s insecurities.

Question 7

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what plot events undermine Queen Gertrude’s confidence?

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Hamlet’s and Laertes’s accusations

Question 8

Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Claudius: Follow her close; give her good watch, I pray you. [Exit HORATIO.] O! this is the poison of deep grief; it springs All from her father's death. O Gertrude, Gertrude! When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions. First, her father slain; Next, your son gone; but he most violent author Of his own just remove: the people muddied, Thick and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers, For good Polonius’ death; and we have done but greenly, In hugger-mugger to inter him: poor Ophelia Divided from herself and her fair judgment, Without the which we are pictures, or mere beasts

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Claudius exhibits sensitivity toward Ophelia and regret for his actions.

Question 9

In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what plot event causes Ophelia’s mental decline?

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Polonius’s violent death

Question 10

Which words best describe Gertrude in Act IV of Hamlet?

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nervous, defensive

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