Hamlet 2

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Hamlet II

Who is Laertes?

Who is Polonius?

Who is Horatio?

Put the events in the correct order:

a. Hamlet is sent away to England.

b. Gertrude, drinks from Hamlet’s poison cup. She dies.

c. Hamlet’s uncle, Claudius, marries Hamlet’s mother. 

d. Hamlet pretends to be ‘mad’ to find out if his father was killed. 

e. Hamlet’s girlfriend Ophelia kills herself.

f. Hamlet kills Claudius and then dies from his wounds.

g. Hamlet puts on a play where a king is killed by his brother.

h. Hamlet accidentally kills Polonius.

i. Laertes dies in a fight with Hamlet.

j. Hamlet is told by a ghost that his father was murdered. 

The correct order:

J, C, D, G, H, A, E, B, I, F.

The Great Chain of Being:

God

King  (supernatural occurrences)

Heir

Nobles

Commoners

rocks

The Great Chain of Being:

God

King

Heir

Nobles

Commoners

rocks

Late Elizabethan Era

- Virgin queen

- No heir

- Everyone wanted her throne (with all her colonies and riches)

- impending war

Plays were being written to teach commoners about morals and help them understand current issues. 

Do you see any resemblance with the play and the "angst" of the time?

How can we place this story in our age?