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Act I | Period 1 1. You and your group are responsible for the ENTIRE act. Everyone else in the class will be studying for the play

based off the information that you provide so it is incredibly necessary for you to take this task seriously

2. Some of the things that you must include are:

a. Themes of the play that occur in your act

b. Quotes from your act and their significance to that scene and the overall play

c. Character development (think body biography!)

d. Renaissance elements that occur in your act

e. Imagery and symbols

f. Tone and foreshadowing

Scene 1 (Jess) Themes

Incest

Abnormal Family Dynamics

Ambiguity

Appearance vs reality

Quotes

"What, has this thing appeared again tonight?"-Horatio (I.i.26).

Character Development

Hamlet- curious, mad, angry, timid

Gertrude- dumb

Claudius- killer

Horatio- friendly

Marcellus- guard, loyal

Renaissance elements

Renaissance Ghosts

Imagery and Symbols

Death, incest, ghosts

Tone and Foreshadowing

Incest between the king and queen

Morbid

Confusion

Gloomy

Scene 2 (Ava) Themes

Appearance vs reality

Ghosts in renaissance theater

Family relationships

Quotes

"This bodes some strange eruption to our state."


Hamlet starts to be depressed in this scene

King hamlet is dead

Queen and Hamlet have a confusing relationship and are not close with each other

Horatio comes to Elsinore and Hamlet wonders why

Claudius is the new king of Denmark


Ghosts in renaissance theater

Imagery and Symbols

Death, ghosts, family relationships


Somber

Mysterious

Death

Happiness balances out sadness (from the funeral and wedding)

Scene 3 (Emma) Themes

One theme is how there is a lot of advice being given in this scene. Laertes is leaving and he tells

Ophelia to be careful with Hamlet and not to do anything impure. Then, Polonius tells Ophelia that

Hamlet is a Prince and does not have time for her, and he will not treat her right.

Another theme is sexual imagery when Laertes is talking to Ophelia and he talks about her sexual life

with her and Hamlet. He tries to convince Ophelia that she is not good enough for him.

Quotes

" (I.iii. 119-120) My Lord, he hath importuned me with love in honorable fashion-."

" (I.iii. 92-93) `Tis in my memory locked, and you shall keep the key of it. -ophelia


Ophelia becomes routed in her love of Hamlet

Laertes is convinced that Ophelia will not disobey him

Ophelia is becoming more mature about her relationship with Hamlet


Renaissance ghosts

Imagery and Symbols

Sexual imagery, trust, morals, protectiveness


High expectations, broken trust, promises,

Scene 4 (Lindsey) Themes

Ambiguity

Fear

Foreshadowing

death

Quotes

"Something is rotten in the State of Denmark" (I.iv.26).


Horatio-caring, confused, questions hamlet with his safety

Hamlet- independent, angry, suicidal

Marcellus- intelligent


Ophelia is a renaissance woman

Imagery and Symbols

Cannon fired

Denmark is always partying

Ghost has a special connection

Hamlet says his life isn't worth living

We don’t know if ghost is good or bad


Horatio notices he's a little crazy but doesn’t put much thought into it

Marcellus thinks something bad is going to happen in Denmark

Scene 5 (Nick) Themes

Ghost in Renaissance Theatre

Quotes

"So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt hear" (I.v.13)

"Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder" (I.v.31)

"won to his shameful lust/The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen" (I.v.53)

"The serpent that did string thy father life/now wears his crown"(I.v.46-47).

"Let not the royal bed of Denmark be/A couch for luxury and damned incest" (I.v.89-90)


Hamlet: develops from grief to necessary revenge against Claudius

Ghost: no personality besides his desire for Hamlet to get revenge

Marcellus: concern for Hamlet

Horatio: concern for Hamlet


Ghost in the Renaissance Theatre

The ghost was not known as good or bad, but did lead Hamlet down the path to revenge

Can be presumed at this point to be none of the above because he is his father

Imagery and Symbols

"A couch for luxury" (I.v.90)

Not a real couch, it means the crown

"that adulterate beast" (I.v.49)

Not a real beast

Means someone is crazy


Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing of revenge happening

Incest

"that incestuous, that adulterate beast" (I.v.49).

Prediction of incest

Tone

Mysterious

The ghost is unsure what side he is on

A. Themes of the play that occur in your act-Jake

B. Quotes from your act and their significance to that scene and the overall play-Jon

C. Character development think body biography-Ty

D. Renaissance elements that occur in your act-Jon

E. Imagery and symbols- – Jake

F. Tone and foreshadowing-Sophia

Due by Midnight tomorrow

50 points for peer evaluations

25 points of individual score

Foreshadowing : Act II Scene 1 and 2

Everyone else think Hamlet is going crazy. Polonius and Claudius are going to spy on Hamlet, suspicion of Polonius,

Hamlet still loves Ophelia, Hamlet is going crazy, the truth comes out with King Claudius during the play.

Tone: is pompous, madness, murder. In Act II.ii.223-224, Polonius says, "Though this be madness, yet there is method in

’t," He meant that in there is a method in madness. Polonius also said that Hamlet is madly in love with Ophelia. "“Mad”

call I it, for, to define true madness, what is ’t but to be nothing else but mad? But let that go."(II.ii.100-102).

Quotes- "To me it is a prison"- Hamlet talking to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern talking about the current condition

of Denmark.

"I am but mad north-west when the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw."- In this quote, Hamlet is

talking to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern about how he is faking his madness to get close to Claudius.

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in it."- Polonius says this about Hamlet's madness saying that there

is something behind his madness and that he is not actually crazy.

"You are a fishmonger."- Said by Hamlet to Polonius.

"I doubt it is no other but the main, His father's death, and our o'erhasty marriage."- Gertrude declares this quote to

Claudius professing that she believes Hamlet's madness is driven by the death of his father.

"The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King."- Hamlet says this to himself in his soliloquy about

how he will catch Claudius while the play is happening.

Renaissance Setting/Period- The word Renaissance means "rebirth". The rebirth was a renewal of learning

and there were new beliefs and different qualities than the middle ages. Characteristics of the renaissance include a

renewed interest in classical antiquity and a rise in humanist philosophy (a belief in self, human worth and individual

dignity) and new ideas about religion, politics and science appeared. In act 2 scene 2, Hamlet asks, "What a piece of

work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties". In this quote, Hamlet refers to humanist ideas about

the uniqueness of the human mind, a staple of the Renaissance time.

Themes:

Ghost in renaissance theater

Return to vengeance

Reclaim property

Give warning to impending trouble

Haunt people because of their death

Appearance v. Reality

Polonius tells Gertrude and Claudius of Hamlet's strange behavior and they agree to watch him secretly.

Polonius talks with Hamlet who appears to be mad.

Ophelia, distraught, tells her father of Hamlet's recent crazy behavior and Polonius speculates that Hamlet is

mad with love.

Abnormal Family Dynamics

Claudius killed his brother

Gertrude states that her marriage with her brother-in-law, Claudius was "over hasty"

Polonius tells Ophelia was not good enough for the prince

Imagery and symbols

The play The Murder of Gonzago- This play symbolizes Hamlet’s suspicions on how his father was killed.

"Denmark is a prison" This gives you an image of how Hamlet perceives his home

"Except my life"(3x) The three times he said it represents the people who would want to take his life, Laertes,

Claudius, and himself

How easily R&G gave in to the command of Claudius symbolizes the naïve obedience almost every character

shows throughout the play

"Give him this money and note" The letter symbolizes Claudius' hate for Hamlet and his intended murder

"Fruit to that great feast" Symbolizes Hamlet (fruit) and Gertrude (feast), although Gertrude is in

a controversial marriage something "great" came from her

Major characters and their development throughout the play

Hamlet- he is very rude to Polonius who is his girlfriend's father. He also finds that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are

spying on him and reveals to them that he is not insane and he is just acting

Claudius- he thinks that Hamlet is up to something so he brings in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on him.

Gertrude- She is worried about Hamlet and the way he has been acting. She says that it could be about the death of

his father but Claudius just brushes her off

Polonius- he sends Laertes a letter while he was in college and sends Reynaldo to check on

him. He also shows great loyalty to Claudius.

Renaissance setting and period; incorporation of it in "Hamlet"

Overall plot synopsis

Important questions and their significance to the scene and overall development of the play

Text vs film adaptions and the differences among actors portraying the characters

Plot Synopsis- In scene I, Polonius summons Reynaldo to go to spy on Laertes in Paris. After Reynaldo exits, Ophelia

barges in and explains what has happened to her. Hamlet entered her room and acted crazy in front of her. After

hearing this, Polonius concludes that Hamlet is crazy for Ophelia and decides to take this information to the king.

In scene II, the King and Queen summon Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, friends of Hamlet to spy on him. In

an attempt to catch Hamlet, Polonius and Claudius agree to hide behind a wall hanging to hear the dialogue from

Hamlet and Ophelia. After dialogue between Polonius and Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern enter. Hamlet

asks why they are at Elsinore and he finally gets them to tell him that they have been sent by the Queen and King to

spy on him. Enraged, Hamlet blasts Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. After Hamlet yells, the players enter. Hamlet

plans to have the Murder of Gonzago enacted. The players will perform this with a scene that shows the way the

ghost described his death to Hamlet. During the play, Hamlet will observe Claudius and if he sees anything

suspicious, he has his evidence that Claudius actually murdered the late King.

Hamlet study guide group project

Members: Hunter D. Williams, Julio Alvarez, Tyler Marmo, Dillon Bott, and Anthony Serventi

Act III is the Act we are assigned to make a study guide for.

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Study Guide:

1) You and your group are responsible for the entire act. Everyone else will be studying for the play based off of the

information that you provide so it is incredibly necessary for you to take this task seriously.

2) a. themes of the play that occurs in your act - Anthony

b. quotes from your act and their significance to that scene and overall play. -Tyler

c. character development – Hunter

d. renaissance elements – Hunter

e. imagery and symbols - Julio

f. tones and foreshadowing - Dillon

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Total of 100 pts.

1) 50pts. For peer evaluations

2) 25pts. For individual score

3) 25pts. For quality of overall

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Things You should know for the exam

Major character and their development throughout the play

Renaissance setting and period; the incorporation of it in “Hamlet”

Overall plot synopsis

Important quotations and their significance to the scene and overall development of the play

Text vs. film adaptations and the difference between the characters

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Act III Questions for each requirement

A. Themes

Why is Polonius hiding behind the tapestry?

Why and how does Hamlet kill Polonius in his meeting with Gertrude?

Who does he think he's killing?

What does Polonius do to betray Hamlet?

What theme(s) do the previous questions have? Explain each.

B. Significant Quotes

"O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon't. A brother's murder." (III.iii.40-

42) -Claudius

"Now might I do it pat, now he is a-praying, and now I'll don't. And so, he goes to heaven, and so am I

revenged." (III.iii.77-80) -Hamlet

"He poisoned him I' the garden for's estate. His names Gonzago: the story is extant, and written in choice Italian.

You shall see anon how the murderer gets the love of Gonzago's wife." (III.ii.287-291) -Hamlet

"Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended. Mother you have my father much offended." (III.iv.12-13)

C. Character Development

Why is Hamlet so quick to believe that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s appearance is out of the ordinary, is

there past experiences that help Hamlet come to his conclusion?

Give examples of how Hamlet shows his current in mental state in his “To Be or Not To Be” soliloquy?

How does Hamlet conclude that he can’t commit suicide?

How does Hamlet’s outlook on life change from Act I to Act III?

Who believes that Hamlet’s madness is derived from his love of Ophelia, why?

Who inspires Hamlet to create his play, how is the play inspired by this person?

Why is Hamlet putting on a play instead of telling Claudius that he is aware of the truth of his father’s death?

Why is Claudius so nervous when it comes to Hamlet?

How has Claudius’s opinion about Hamlet changed from when we first meet Claudius?

Why does Claudius leave the play suddenly?

What does Claudius pray for after the play, and how does he feel about doing what he has done?

Why does Hamlet temporarily lose his drive to kill Claudius, what is going through Hamlet’s head as he hears

Claudius’s confessions?

Who does Hamlet decide to vent his frustrations to and how is his relationship with this person effected?

Who comes to remind Hamlet of his mission?

Why does Hamlet decide to attack the curtains without hesitation and what is the result of it?

D. Renaissance Elements

The word Renaissance means rebirth, what rebirth do we see in which character?

What character mirrors what Hecuba (a character from Greek mythology) does?

Why is Ophelia so obedient of her father’s orders, how does this pertain to the time period?

Why can’t Ophelia marry Prince Hamlet?

E. Imagery and Symbols

What spiritual imagery does Hamlet use to describe Rozencrantz and Guildensterns betrayal?

Hamlet uses physical imagery of disease and poison in the human body to describe ______of Denmark.

Who does Hamlet describe as a "foul disease" plaguing Denmark?

In Act 3 Scene 5, Hamlet describes himself as the _____ which with heaven punishes the corrupt court. To what

is he referring to?

F. Tones and Foreshadowing

Dark- with the spying and events that take place, the tone is getting depressing

Guilt- Claudius is guilty after the play and eventually prays about it

Insane- Hamlet is beginning to lose himself and after "The Mousetrap" the audience and the characters are

becoming interested and this will lead to upcoming events

Ophelia gets involved with spying creating trouble in her relationship with Hamlet and having her internalize

foreshadowing her eventual death

Hamlet comes in to kill Claudius, but does not follow through because he is praying. This leads to what Hamlet

will eventually do to Claudius later on in the play.

Cassie Foster (Scene 1, 2 and part of 5), Adrian Hightower, Canaan Branch, Cameron Marshall, Ryan Jackson

4.1 Gertrude reports Polonius's death to Claudius, who sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet and

recover the body.

Gertrude tells Claudius that Polonius is dead due to Hamlet.

Claudius sends Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to find Hamlet and ask him where the body is.

Claudius realizes that it could have been him who was killed.

Claudius wants to ship Hamlet to England because of his act.

"he weeps for what is done." (IV. i. 28). - Gertrude ------ Hamlet regrets / is sorry for what he has done

says Gertrude

"O, come away! My soul is full of discord and dismay." (IV. i. 45-46). - Claudius ----- he is conflicted

(shocked, upset, worried etc.)

4.2 Hamlet refuses to tell Rosencrantz and Guildenstern where he has put Polonius's body.

"Mad as the sea" (VI. i. 7). - said by Gertrude which is a metaphor

"A rat, a rat" (VI. i. 11). - imagery (rat)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern question Hamlet about Polonius's body repeatedly

Hamlet will not tell them where the body is.

"Besides, to be demanded of a sponge, what replication should be made by the son of a king?" (IV. ii.

12-13). ------- A sponge which is imagery (sponge that you wash your dishes with.)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as sponges:

o Sponges are dirty – doing the kings dirty work

o "Soak up" rewards from Claudius

o He uses you at his convent

o He can wring out information at his liking; he can glean out information from him

o They have no backbone (won't stand up to Claudius "soft")

o "A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear" ----- "stupid"

o No brains

o Gleaned: what you have soaked up

4.3 Hamlet talks about Polonius's death and Claudius sends hamlet to england

"Not where he eats, but where he is eaten. A

certain convocation of politic worms are e’en at

him."(IIII.3.22-24)

"But if, indeed, you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the

lobby."(IIII.3.39-41) "This sudden sending him away must seem

Deliberate"(IIII.3.8-9)

Macabre humor (dark humor)

Is Hamlet insane or in control

"He's loved of the distracted multitude." - Claudius

o Claudius is talking about Hamlet. He says this because the people of Denmark are

uninformed so they are distracted. He's trying to show how the rest of Denmark does not know about

Hamlet, therefore he is loved by them.

Lies Hamlet Tells Claudius:

o At supper

o Polonius is being eaten by worms and maggots

o Everybody is going to die, especially Claudius (calls Claudius poop)

o In heaven (Go to Hell and find him yourself)

o You can smell his rotting dead carcass

4.4 Hamlet sees Prince Fortinbras and his army

Hamlet is on his way to England and saw Prince Fortinbras and his army getting read

"Why yet I live to say "This thing's to do"." Hamlet was expressing how he was feeling about how he

was taking forever to kill Claudius

Prince Hamlet and Prince Fortinbras are Foil Character

Foil Character: an opposite

Both dad's were killed, both seek revenge

Hamlet: procrastinator

Fortinbras: acts on his resolve

4.5

Imagery is used to describe Ophelia with flowers. This starts with multipule flowers representing characters with

a meaning. But, in particular Rue is foreshadowing for Ophelia. This comes back when Ophelia drowns making a

flower crown. Wnother flower is Rosemary that represents Hamlet's remembrance and Rue

once again to represent Gertrudes sorrow and repeentance. (See below for Graphic Organizer.)

o Daisies- dissembing Claudius

o Rosemary- remembrance Hamlet

o Pansies- thoughts Laeretes

o Fennel- flattery and deciet Claudius

o Columbines- flattery Claudius

o Rue- foreshadowing Ophelia

o Violets- faithfulness Polonius

During this scene Ophelia starts to act crazy and suicidal

4.6 Hamlet's letter to Horatio

-A sailor starts speaking to Horatio and hands him a letter that it is from Hamlet.

"Finding ourselves too slow of sail, we put on a compelled valor, and in the grapple, I boarded

them" (IV.vi.17-18)

-Hamlet has boarded a new ship to go back to Denmark.

-"Let the King have the letters I have sent, and repair thou to me with as much speed as thou

wouldst fly death" (IV.vi.22-24)

-He wants the King to know that he has survived and is going back to Denmark.

-Hamlet also lets Horatio know that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are on their way to England

4.7 Ophelia's Death is reported to Claudius and Laertes

Themes:

Claudius and Laertes are arguing about why Claudius did not take action on Hamlet after

he committed a crime of killing Polonius.

Claudius and Laertes read letters that were sent from Hamlet. The letters are about

Hamlet and his return to Denmark.

Claudius and Laertes discuss on their two plans on how to kill Hamlet when he returns to

Denmark.

Gertrude explains to Claudius and Laertes that Ophelia has drowned herself to death.

Quotes:

"It well appears. But tell me why you proceeded not against these feats, so criminal and

so capital in nature, as by your safety, wisdom, all things else, you mainly were stirred up."

(IV.vii.6-10)

"High and mighty. You shall know I am set naked on your kingdom. Tomorrow shall I

beg leave to see your kingly eyes, when I shall, first asking your pardon thereunto, recount

the occasion of my sudden and more strange return." (IV.vii.43-48)

"I'll anoint my sword. I bought an unction of a mountebank, so mortal that, but dip a

knife in it/And that he calls for drink, I'll have prepared him a chalice for the nonce, whereon

but sipping, if he by chance escape your venomed stuck," (IV.vii.155-157)

"So fast they follow.-Your sister's drowned, Laertes." (IV.vii.160)

Anna Schoeppner, Emma Pospisil, Carson Schorr, Tom Kunz, Kade Contrael, Maddy Irwin

Scene 1

Anna Schoeppner

The scene starts out with the gravedigger digging up bones from the ground and using macabre humor (Dark

folly) to lighten the mood from a dark subject

A skull was lying beside the hole in the ground, Hamlet picked it up and started to have a flashback... Talking to

the skull, this is another example of macabre humor.

The skull belonged to the former king's jester who hamlet had a strong relationship with

Hamlet and Horatio are interrupted by the king and the queen, they are in the middle of Ophelia's funeral.

Hamlet does not know it is Ophelia who has died and he also doesn’t know that Laertes and the Claudius are

planning to kill him.

Hamlet and Horatio are hiding from the royal family when Ophelia's body is put into the grave and Hamlet jumps

out and starts to freak out saying to Laertes that 40,000 brothers couldn’t make up the sum of love that he has

for Ophelia

Laertes wants to start to fight with Hamlet

People question is he should have a Christian funeral because she committed suicide

Theme: Carson Schorr

Major theme of Act 5 is death and also has forgiveness. Gertrude, Laertes, Claudius and Hamlet all die at the end of Act

5. Hamlet finally get revenge on Claudius for his father's death, but sadly Hamlet can not live on and be king.

Before Hamlet and Laertes Fencing match Hamlet blames his actions on his insanity and Laertes forgives Hamlet just

before he dies.

Must include:

-theme: of the play that occur in your act: carson

-quotes: from your act and their significance to that scene and the overall play: Emma Pospisil

-character: development(think body biography): Anna

-Renaissance and elements that occur in your act: Kade

-imagery and symbols: Maddy Irwin

-tone and foreshadowing: Thomas kunz

Tone: the tone is dark because the funeral for Ophelia was on that day

Foreshadowing there is no foreshadowing in this act

Renaissance and Elements: Kade Contrael

There are a couple of big ideas that remind me or the Renaissance time and Renaissance elements.

Hamlet and Laertes duel at the end of Act 5, this was a big part of everyday life in Renaissance time.

Also another act of Renaissance act is when at the end of the duel Laertes forgave him, they always

forgave each other back in renaissance time. An element from Renaissance time displayed in scene 2 act 5 Is poison,

which was the easiest way to murder;kill somebody in Renaissance time, so Shakespeare shows us that, here with King

Claudius, poisoning the drink to kill Prince Hamlet. Yet another element is at the scene when Prince Hamlet approaches

the gravedigger while he is digging up someone's body. While we believe this is messed up in many ways, in Renaissance

time they thought this was completely normal. As you can see Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is definently based on

Renaissance time, with many elements being factors in that.

Characters: Anna Schoeppner

The characters that are involved in act 5 of the "Hamlet" play are Claudius and Gertrude, Hamlet

and Horatio, Ophelia and Laertes, and the gravedigger.

Claudius:

The new king of Denmark after poisoning King Hamlet.

Marries Gertrude who was his sister in law and takes over the father role for Hamlet.

In Act 5 Claudius is responsible for putting poison in a cup that was meant for Hamlet after he

fights Laertes In a sword battle

Laertes will try to kill Hamlet in the battle but if he fails the cup of poison will be handed to him and he will

drink it

Claudius put a jewel in the cup so that he would know that was the cup

Hamlet does not drink the cup but Gertrude does

Claudius is responsible for killing his wife

Gertrude:

In scene 5 she finds out that t he cup is posiioned and she drinks it anyway and dies

Laertes:

Fights Hamlet and tries to kill him getting revenge on him and slso trie to fight him during ophelias funeral

The gravedigger:

The gravediger adds macabre humor into the play to turn dark moments into something funny

Imagery and Symbols:

The skull is a piece of imagery in Hamlet because it references Hamlets obsession with

death because Hamlet says that everyone dies, even Alexander the Great. Hamlet is obsessed with death and has

a piece in the play where he is talkinhg about death and how everyone dies eventually

Quotes: Emma Pospisil

Gravedigger "Is she to be buried in Christian burial,/when she willfully seeks her own salvation?"

--The gravedigger is questioning if Ophelia should be buried with a Christian ceremony or not because she

committed suicide. In the Christian faith suicide is a sin of self-harm, and you are taking something God created

out of the world before God wanted.

Hamlet remarks, "Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,/Might stop a hole to keep the wind away".

--He is saying everyone is going to die at some point no matter how wealthy or powerful or successful they are.

Laertes says, "Hold off the earth awhile,/Till I have caught her once more in mine arms".

--Laertes jumps in the grave and lifts Ophelia out of it and holds her. This shows a form of incest.

Hamlet says, "Give me your pardon, sir. I have done you wrong;/ But pardon 't as you are a gentleman".

--Hamlet is speaking these lines to Laertes. He blames his craziness for his past offenses.

Horatio says, "Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince,/ And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest".

--Horatio is hamlets ride or die, his best friend, and he would do anything for Hamlet. He held Hamlet in his arms and

was crying. This shows that Horatio is a great loving friend to Hamlet.

Hamlet says "alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me

on his back one thousand times. And now, how abhorred in my imagination it is!"

--Yorick was Hamlets friend growing up and it was hard for Hamlet to see that he was nothing more than a skull.

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