Sunday, December 9, 2007

Holla Hamlet Generative Questions

Why does Claudius address Hamlet as “Cousin Hamlet” (5.2.277), when up until this point he has called him his son in the company of others? Why does he then refer to him as “our son” (5.2.312) to Gertrude only a page later?

Who is really responsible for Gertrude’s death?

How can Laertes accept his death so easily: “I am justly killed with mine own treachery” (5.2.337)? Does this show a greater capacity for remorse than Hamlet possesses?

Why is Hamlet’s name the last name Gertrude calls out right before she dies?

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