Hamlet Vocab Scenes 5-8a
Across
- 2. "There you are, uncle, smiling ____!" Hamlet calls King Claudius an EVIL GUY.
- 6. "What a ____ and peasant slave am I," Hamlet says,feeling guilty for being a DISHONEST PERSON to his friends.
- 10. "Your uncle ___ close and in my ear did pour a cursed poison!" the ghost explains that King Claudius SNUCK up on him and poured poison in his ear.
- 12. "Let thy soul ____ nothing against thy mother," the ghost tells Hamlet to not MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN against his mom; she's innocent.
- 13. "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the ____ of the king!" Hamlet is going to try to spark the king's SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG by staging a play.
- 14. Hamlet wonders if it's better to suffer the problems of the world, or to "take ____ against a sea of troubles" to fight back at problems with metaphorical WEAPONS.
- 16. "____ for thy love?" Polonius thinks maybe Hamlet has been driven INSANE because he loves Ophelia.
- 17. "Brevity is the soul of ___" Polonius tells the King and Queen that not talking much makes people sound INTELLIGENT and FUNNY
- 18. "We have sent for Hamlet that as if by accident he may ____ Ophelia" the King explains that he and Polonius have made it so Hamlet will UNEXPECTEDLY RUN INTO Ophelia
- 19. When Hamlet asks how Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are doing, they reply "As the _____ children of the earth", meaning they are NOT GOOD OR BAD.
- 22. "____ Ophelia, What's the matter?" Polonius asks Ophelia WHAT'S UP?
- 24. "They are welcome, but what ___ are they?" Hamlet asks about the ACTORS that have shown up at the castle.
- 25. "Be you and I behind an ___ to mark the encounter" Polonius plans to hide behind a TAPESTRY or FABRIC WALL HANGING to spy while Ophelia talks to Hamlet
- 26. "I most ____ take my leave of you" Polonius says, bowing down LOW, showing that Hamlet is more IMPORTANT than him.
- 27. "I ___ you both that you rest here in our castle some little time" King Claudius ASKS Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to come stay.
Down
- 1. "Come, deal ____ with me" Hamlet says, telling his friends to be FAIR and honest and DO WHAT'S RIGHT
- 3. "So by your companies you may glean what ____ him" King Claudius wants Rosencrants an Guildenstern to find out what CAUSES HAMLET'S SUFFERING
- 4. "My uncle-father and mother are ____" Hamlet says, explaining that he has been TRICKING his uncle and mother.
- 5. "Let us ____, My Lord!" Polonius tells the King it's time to GO AWAY to hide and spy.
- 7. "Sleeping in my orchard upon my ___ hour," the ghost tells Hamlet where he was when he was murdered; nice and PROTECTED AGAINST ATTACK
- 8. "I do think I have found the very cause of Hamlet's ___" Polonius tells the King and Queen that he knows what drove Hamlet INSANE.
- 9. "I'll wipe away all ___ records and thy commandment alone shall live within my brain," Hamlet promises the ghost, saying he's going to forget anything UNIMPORTANT and focus on revenge
- 11. "Remoreseless, ____, Kindless villain!" Hamlet calls the king GUILTY OF BETRAYAL (among other insults)
- 15. "These ____ old fools," Hamlet says, calling Polonius BORING.
- 16. "I have of late lost all my ____," Hamlet says, explaining that he's so depressed he has lost his JOY and not LAUGHED lately.
- 20. "With a ___ madness" Guildenstern seems to know that Hamlet's madness is a TRICK
- 21. "I did ___ his letters and deny his visits as you did command." Opehlia tells her father she SENT AWAY Hamlet's letters
- 23. "I ___ you were so honest a man" Hamlet WISHES Polonius were honest.