How are Claudius, the dead King Hamlet, and Queen Gertrude related? | Claudius is the brother of KIng Hamlet, brother-in-law to the queen and Prince Hamlet’s uncle. |
What is in the letter Claudius is sending to the ailing kind of Norway? | A seize fire |
Who is Laertes? Why does he want to leave Denmark? | He is the son of Polonius (Lord Chamberlain/ counselor to the King) and the brother of Ophelia. He only came for the crowning |
Why is young Hamlet grieving? How do Claudius and Gertrude treat his grief? | He is grieving over his father’s death and his mother’s quick marriage to Claudius. They tell him his grief is inappropriate and unmanly. |
Why is the King planning a celebration? | he is marrying Gertude. |
Who is Heratio? | Hamlets friend from the University in Wittenberg. |
What does Heratio tell Hamlet when he arrives? | He saw his father as a ghost |
Hamlet- Act 1 Scene 2
August 26, 2019