Hamlet Allusion Quiz

Serpent
"Sleeping in my Orchard, a serpent stung me"
Speaker:

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Serpent
"Sleeping in my Orchard, a serpent stung me"
Speaker:

Hamlet Seniors Ghost
Talking about his death

Serpent
"Sleeping in my Orchard, a serpent stung me"
Meaning/Context:

As the serpent seduced eve and killed Adam, Claudius seduces Gertrude and kills King Hamlet.

Cain and Abel
"O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven; it hath the primal eldest curse upon't, a brothers murder."
Speaker:

Claudius
A brother kills a brother out of envy

Cain and Abel
"O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven; it hath the primal eldest curse upon't, a brothers murder."
meaning/context:

Cain is exiled from the presence of god through his exclusion from prayer. Claudius refers to his sin as having the eldest curse upon't. Gods curse on Cain is the oldest in the bible.

The Fall of Sparrow
"Not a whit, we defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all."
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The Fall of Sparrow
"Not a whit, we defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all."
Context/meaning:

Mathew 10:27-31
Gospel writer records Jesus telling his disciples to be bold in proclaiming the truth and not to fear those who would threaten them because not even a sparrow falls to the ground apart from your fathers will.
They are more than many sparrows.

Hecuba
"With forms to his conceit? and all for nothing!
For Hecuba!
What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,
That he should weep for her? What would he do,
Had he the motive and the cue for passion
That I have?"
Speaker:

Hecuba
"With forms to his conceit? and all for nothing!
For Hecuba!
What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba,
That he should weep for her? What would he do,
Had he the motive and the cue for passion
That I have?"
Context/Meaning:

Hecuba- the queen of Troy in Greek mythology, wife of King Priam and mother to nineteen children
As a bereaved mourner who seeks revenge,

Vulcan
"And my imaginations are as foul as Vulcan's stithy"
Speaker:

Vulcan
"And my imaginations are as foul as Vulcan's stithy"
Context/meaning:

Vulcan: roman god of fire
Hamlet is referring to his fiery state of mind