Friday, January 24, 2020

A1/A2 Makeup Work for Absent Students 1/24

Please read Hamlet, Act III, scene iii https://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/html/Ham.html#line-3.3.0
and answer the following:

1. According to Claudius: where should Hamlet be sent, and who will accompany Hamlet on the voyage? (III.iii.1-7)
2. What does Polonius say he will do next in III.iii.29-38?  (Hint: arras is another word for tapestry)
3. What does Claudius mean when he says "Pray can I not" (III.iii.41)?
4. Why does Hamlet decide to wait before killing Claudius? (III.iii.77-101)
5. Irony alert!  What does Claudius reveal when he says "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; / Words without thoughts never to heaven go" (III.iii.102-103)?

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