Ghost in hamlet Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

These are my complete notes for Hamlet, for OCR English Literature, Drama and Poetry pre-1900. I used these notes and got an A* in my exam in 2022! The most important assessment objectives for these questions are AO1, AO2, and AO5. I have included for each of the main characters (eg. Hamlet, Claudius, the Ghost, Ophelia, etc.) and the main themes (Kingship and power, revenge, women, comedy, tragedy): - Critical quotes - Adaptations - Quotes directly from the play - Analysis of the quo...

An A* essay on the character of the Ghost in Hamlet, received 35/35.

HAMLET QUOTES ACT 1 COMPLETE "This bodes some strange eruption to our state" ANSWER = Horatio; Marcellus and Barnardo "A little more than kin, and less than kind" ANSWER = Hamlet in an aside about Claudius. When Claudius and Gertrude are talking to Hamlet after their wedding about his long mourning. "O that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew" ANSWER = Hamlet to himself "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this w...

HAMLET QUOTES ACT 1 COMPLETE "This bodes some strange eruption to our state" ANSWER = Horatio; Marcellus and Barnardo "A little more than kin, and less than kind" ANSWER = Hamlet in an aside about Claudius. When Claudius and Gertrude are talking to Hamlet after their wedding about his long mourning. "O that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew" ANSWER = Hamlet to himself "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this w...

HAMLET QUOTES ACT 1 COMPLETE "This bodes some strange eruption to our state" ANSWER = Horatio; Marcellus and Barnardo "A little more than kin, and less than kind" ANSWER = Hamlet in an aside about Claudius. When Claudius and Gertrude are talking to Hamlet after their wedding about his long mourning. "O that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew" ANSWER = Hamlet to himself "How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this w...

Describe the mood that Shakespeare creates in the opening scene of Hamlet when the first ghost appears. What specific words and actions create the mood? - Suspicious and confused mood. Why does it seem that Denmark is preparing for war? - Because the Ghost has armor on hinting at war What is the emotional environment implied in the lines "A little more than kin... our chefiest courtier, cousin and our son?" - disapproval, because his uncle is now his step father, king etc. What do we l...

Hamlet part 2: Word choice and tone Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii. Polonius: Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous, chief in that. - ANSWERSattire Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii. [Laertes:] Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, If with too credent ear you list his songs, Or los...

Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii. Polonius: Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are most select and generous, chief in that. - ANSWERSattire Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii. [Laertes:] Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain, If with too credent ear you list his songs, Or lose your heart ... - ANSWERSbelieving To analy...

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PLATO English 12 Semester 1 End of Semester Test Read this passage from Beowulf. then, saw the sage companions who waited with Hrothgar, watching the flood,that the tossing waters turbid grew,blood-stained the mere. Old men together,hoary-haired, of the hero spake;the warrior would not, they weened, again,proud of conquest, come to seek their mighty master. To many it seemed the wolf-of-the-waves had won his life.The ninth hour came. Which of these words best describes the effect this pas...