Sunday, September 22, 2013

Hamlet Act I Scene V Questions

1. Hamlet Jr. finally gets to talk to the ghost of Hamlet Sr. and he tells hims the horrors of what truly happened to him. The ghost of Hamlet talks vaguely of the afterlife and what he deals with and him trying to pay a penance and give a recompense until his future is finally decided, but first he asks his son to exact revenge on the his murderer and brother Polonius. After this conversation Hamlet rushes back to his comrades and tells them to not tell anyone of these events. He asks them to swear to god and to his sword and the ghosts tells them to oblige.
3. There is an old saying three can keep a secret if one gets rid of two, so how can Hamlet be sure that his secret is truly safe with multiple people knowing and wondering what went on that night.
6. Hamlet seemed to have a distrusting personality, and not all of it is deserved. When Hamlet is told that his dad was murdered he doesn't seem surprised and his attitude toward his uncle is just slightly altered toward a disdain. Once his talk is over he goes over to his comrades and he doesn't seem to trust them to be quiet and if they don't keep his secret he'll kill them. It just doesn't seem fully warranted.

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