Act 1 Hamlet Questions Essay
Hamlet Questions
Act I, Sc i: Midnight on the Ramparts
1) At the beginning of the play, the atmosphere is dark, cold and foggy, which helps establish a strange, full of fear and mystical setting.
2) Francesco says: “For this relief much thanks, ‘tis bitter cold and now I am sick at heart” (Act 1 Sc i L.7-8) Horatio says: “What, has the thing appeare’d again to-night?”(Act 1 Sc i L.21)
3) From this scene, we learn about the background information such as how Hamlet Sr. was killed before the beginning of the play. During this scene we learn that Hamlet senior was put to an unpleasant death. This is the reason why Hamlet senior’s ghost wander Denmark.
4) Horatio character is demonstrated as calm, cool and collective. He is also one of Hamlet Sr. loyal friends. …show more content…
5) Personally, I do feel sympathy for both because both are in the right in their own way. Hamlet is right because if Ophelia loved him she shouldn’t have listened to what other people had to say about Hamlet. Ophelia is right in her way because she is a very caring girl of her father’s rules and didn’t want to let her father down.
6) Yes Ophelia is shattered by the end of their conversation because she believed in Hamlet’s love for her and now Hamlet wishes to break each and every bound between them, he believes women are the reason behind a man acting like a monster.
7a) Claudius decides not to send Hamlet to England, because he believes this would a good change for him after all that has happened with him and also this can be a chance for him to settle down.
b) Polonius is still not convinced of Hamlets madness being caused by anything else but his love for Ophelia, he decides to hide in Gertrude’s Chamber after the play to hear their conversation.
Act III, Sc ii: The play within the
Act I, Sc i: Midnight on the Ramparts
1) At the beginning of the play, the atmosphere is dark, cold and foggy, which helps establish a strange, full of fear and mystical setting.
2) Francesco says: “For this relief much thanks, ‘tis bitter cold and now I am sick at heart” (Act 1 Sc i L.7-8) Horatio says: “What, has the thing appeare’d again to-night?”(Act 1 Sc i L.21)
3) From this scene, we learn about the background information such as how Hamlet Sr. was killed before the beginning of the play. During this scene we learn that Hamlet senior was put to an unpleasant death. This is the reason why Hamlet senior’s ghost wander Denmark.
4) Horatio character is demonstrated as calm, cool and collective. He is also one of Hamlet Sr. loyal friends. …show more content…
5) Personally, I do feel sympathy for both because both are in the right in their own way. Hamlet is right because if Ophelia loved him she shouldn’t have listened to what other people had to say about Hamlet. Ophelia is right in her way because she is a very caring girl of her father’s rules and didn’t want to let her father down.
6) Yes Ophelia is shattered by the end of their conversation because she believed in Hamlet’s love for her and now Hamlet wishes to break each and every bound between them, he believes women are the reason behind a man acting like a monster.
7a) Claudius decides not to send Hamlet to England, because he believes this would a good change for him after all that has happened with him and also this can be a chance for him to settle down.
b) Polonius is still not convinced of Hamlets madness being caused by anything else but his love for Ophelia, he decides to hide in Gertrude’s Chamber after the play to hear their conversation.
Act III, Sc ii: The play within the