Essay Question

Question 1

Explain the change in Hamlet’s view of death

Answer 1

Religious (Hell, Heaven, Purgatory) -> As the unknown (dreams/nightmare)-> As worms eating you (very literal). He becomes more of a scholar because he thinks more literally and less in superstition.

Question 2

Explain three ways Claudius and Laertes plan to kill Hamlet

Answer 2

1: Laertes will stab Hamlet by taking the ball off the tip of his sword.
2: Laertes will put a deadly poison on the end of his sword and knick Hamlet with it, causing him to die.
3. Hamlet will drink a poisoned drink if he wins which will kill him.

Question 3

Did everyone in the play get what they deserved?

Answer 3

ophelia no
everyone else prolly yeah

Question 4

Horatio’s speech at the end

Answer 4

• Carnal, bloody and unnatural acts: Hamlet Sr.’s murder and Claudius’ other sins
• Cunning and forced cause: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s death, Laertes and Claudius’ death, Hamlet’s death
• Casual slaughter: Polonius’ death
• Accidental judgment: Ophelia’s death and Gertrude’s death
• Purposes mistook fall’n on the inventors’ heads: Claudius and Laertes’ deaths