English 12

Mrs. Zimmerman
Read Hamlet Act I, Scenes i-iv
Please respond to the following questions in full sentences and paragraph form.
1. Whom does the ghost resemble? What was Claudius relationship to King Hamlet?
2. According to Claudius in Scene ii, how do we with wisest sorrow think about King
Hamlet?
3. In Hamlets soliloquy in Scene ii, how much time does he say elapsed between his
fathers death and his mothers remarriage? What are Hamlets feelings about the
marriage?
4. Who gives Laertes advice before Laertes leaves for Wittenberg in scene iii? What
instructions does this person give Ophelia?
5. In scene iv the ghost beckons Hamlet, and Horatio tries to stop him from following it.
What does Horatio fear Hamlet could be deprived of ? What could Hamlet be drawn
into?
6. Why do you think Claudius killed his brother?
7. How would you describe Hamlets state of mind after the ghost leaves him?
8. What does the ghost say about Hamlets mother?