Sunday, December 9, 2007

Holla Hamlet Generative Questions

1. When Hamlet asks Horatio "is't not perfect conscience to quit him with this arm? And is't not to be damned To let this canker of our nature come In further evil?" (5.2.75-80) why doesn't Horatio give Hamlet a straight answer?



2. Why does Horatio compare Osric's words to gold? (5.2.143-4) What does this say about Osric's rhetoric?



3. Gertrude drinks the poison as she toasts Hamlet -- "The Queen carouses to thy fortune, Hamlet" (5.2. 315). What are the implications of this statement?



4. Who is responsible for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's death?

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