hamlet act 1 questions

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what questions would you like to ask hamlet?

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what questions would you like to ask hamlet?

Did you really love ophelia?
since you were so sad would you have let someone else kill you to put you out of your misery?

describe the mood in the opening scene

scary, night, and eerie

what words and actions create this mood?

-discussion of the ghost
-threw a sword at the ghost
-huddled together
-hid from the ghost
-night/foggy

who is polonius?

-ophelia and laertes father

what is polonius's relationship to hamlet and claudius?

-counselor to king claudius
-no relationship with hamlet

how does hamlet feel about hamlet and ophelia's relationship?

he doesn't approve of the relationship because he believes he's using her.

how does hamlet feel about his mother's new marriage?

- he's not happy
-he's embarrass
-upset about his father
-mourning for his father
-angry
-it's too soon and the timing isn't right

why does hamlet keep these feelings to himself?

so he can play detective
he doesn't know who he can trust

is the ghost of hamlet's father real or imagined?

the ghost is a real ghost in memory of hamlet's father

do you think that hamlet will be successful in carrying out his father's wishes?