Scene 3

8. What advice do both Laertes and Polonius give to Ophelia?

• To stay away from hamlet

9. What is particularly “foul, strange, and unnatural” about King Hamlet I’s death? (see 1.5)

• They claimed that he was bitten in his sleep by a snake but intact he was poisoned by Claudius in the garden while he slept.

10. What does Hamlet write down after seeing the ghost? Where does he write it?

•  "Where’s my notebook?—It’s a good idea for me to write down that one can smile and smile, and be a villain"

11. To what oath does Hamlet make Horatio and Marcellus swear?

• Not to tell anyone about his uncles betrayal.

Act II
1. What is Polonius employing Reynaldo to do? What instructions does he give to him?

•  To give the money and letters and to ask around about his (Polonius's son) behavior and to find out what danish people live in paris.

2. What report of Hamlet’s behavior does Ophelia give to Polonius in 2.1? What
specifically does she tell him about how he was acting? What other words are used to describe Hamlet’s behavior (especially his actions) throughout these acts? When Hamlet appears in 2.2, how would you characterize his speech?

• Ophelia says "...Hamlet came in with no hat on his head, his shirt unbuttoned, and his stockings dirty, undone, and down around his ankles. He was pale as his undershirt, and his knees were knocking together. He looked so out of sorts, as if he’d just come back from hell. He came up to me." Then she goes on to tell her dad about how Hamlet didn't say anything he just held her at an arms length and examined her like he was about to paint her picture and then he left and never took his eyes off of her. Hamlet throughout the act has constantly been referred to as "out of sorts" and not being himself. When hamlet appears in 2.2 his speech is very scattered, He addresses Polonius as a fish seller and then goes on to talking about never letting his (polonius) daughter walk around in public.

3. What news does King Claudius receive from Norway in 2.2? What is the status of the impending invasion from act 1?

• That they were sending troops to attack Denmark under Prince Fortabias's order with out the king of Norway knowing. When they found out they arrested the prince and the King swore to not harm Denmark but ask that his troops be able to march through Denmark on their way to Poland for that invasion.  

4. What speech does Hamlet ask the Player to perform in 2.2? What event in history/literature is being recounted in this speech? Who is Pyrrhus?

•  "The Murder of Gonzago" The event was the Trojan Horse and Pyrrhus was a greek general.

5. In his second soliloquy (“O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I”), what is Hamlet’s response to the player’s speech? What aspect of the Player’s speech does he specifically comment on?

• He is emotional about it but at the same time questioning it, He wonders ow the actor can fake such sorrow over some woman and what he would do if he knew true sorrow like Hamlets. He comments on how the actor weeps for Hacuba and what makes her so special.