Quotes Answer Key

QUOTES ANSWER KEY

1. Hamlet in an aside..He is expressing his distaste for his Uncle Claudius 2. Hamlet to Gertrude.. He is sarcastically responding to Gertrude’s comment about him seeming to be upset. 3. Hamlet to himself…Commenting on the state of Denmark 4. Hamlet to himself…saying that frailty is another word for a woman. To Hamlet, his mother is the archetypal woman. Her incestuous inconstancy moves him to exclaim, "Frailty, thy name is woman!" It's not so much that Hamlet is a misogynist as that his mother's sexuality has poisoned his own, as we shall see in his relations to Ophelia 5. Hamlet to Horatio…saying that the leftovers from his father’s funeral should be used at his mother’s wedding (showing his displeasure about his mother marrying his uncle) 6. Polonius giving his son advice to his son Laertes before Laertes leaves for France 7. Marcellus to Horatio…saying that he believe that there is death in the future for Denmark. (foreshadowing) they follow Hamlet out of concern for his sanity 8. Ghost to Hamlet…calling on Hamlet to avenge his death at the hands of his murderer 9. Hamlet then the Ghost…Hamlet realizing that it is his uncle Claudius and the Ghost confirming his suspicion 10. Ghost to Hamlet…do not bother with revenge against your mother’s actions leave her to the judgement of Heaven

11. Hamlet to Ghost end of Sc 5-- To Hamlet, the state of affairs (the "time") in Denmark resembles a dislocated shoulder, "out of joint." He sees himself as the physician who will have to operate on the crippled kingdom not just by setting the bones, but also by removing a cancer: King Claudius.

The dour Dane mutters these sentiments after encountering his father's ghost. We have seen that he is already plotting the way to "heal" the time—by first pretending to be sick himself. But while he speaks to his companions with resolution, in these remarks which end the first act he betrays feelings of resentment and unfitness to the task