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  What is the significance of the scene between Hamlet and the Ghost in Act I?

  Posted by notwist on May 29, 2009 at 02:27 AM

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  In Act 1 of Hamlet, what is the effect of Horatio's news of the ghost?

  Posted by mixoo on May 4, 2009 at 05:25 PM

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  What happens in Act 1 of Hamlet that indicates that something strange is happening in Denmark?

  Posted by cwilli03 on Apr 14, 2009 at 06:17 PM

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  By what means does Shakespeare build suspense before the Ghost's appearances? What disturbing political events happen in the background of Act I?

  Posted by cvw on Apr 2, 2009 at 04:10 PM

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  I need some examples of dramatic irony in Act 1 and Act 2 of Hamlet.

  Posted by rpg on Apr 2, 2009 at 10:38 AM

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  Broadly describe the precepts given by Laertes to Ophelia and by Polonius to Ophelia in "Hamlet" 1.3.

  Posted by sahim on Mar 20, 2009 at 02:50 AM

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  In "Hamlet" what does Hamlet mean by "O my prophetic soul! Mine uncle!?"

  Posted by kceebug08 on Mar 17, 2009 at 05:22 PM

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  What are two references to disease or decay in Act 1?

  Posted by fcg35 on Mar 12, 2009 at 07:32 PM

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  Who is threatened in Act One, besides Claudius?

  Posted by vladik1 on Mar 8, 2009 at 10:50 AM

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    How do the ideas in the first soliloquy of Hamlet interconnect?  

  Posted by krazzy on Feb 13, 2009 at 02:22 PM

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  What are the three reasons for man's becoming corrupted in Hamlet's "dram of evil" speech?

  Posted by shhs09 on Feb 9, 2009 at 01:42 PM

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  In Act 1, when Hamlet reveals his true feelings about his melancholy mood, he is speaking in which of the following:

  Posted by ryan216 on Dec 1, 2008 at 01:26 PM

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  What figurative or symboloic images of apprehension, sickness, decay,and disorder does Shakespeare use in order to introduce concept in Denmark?

  Posted by jonesca27 on Oct 21, 2008 at 12:58 PM

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  The quotation: "Something is rotten in the State of Denmark"at the end of act I, scene 4. Who says this and what does it refer to?

  Posted by romsen1 on Jul 5, 2008 at 06:18 PM

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  I need help analyzing act 1, scene v in Hamlet

  Posted by dlitke on Dec 11, 2007 at 10:59 PM

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  What is a summary for act one of Hamlet?

  Posted by audrichannel on Dec 5, 2007 at 01:08 PM

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  What is going on when Hamlet says this quote: "so, oft it chances......To his own scandal" (act 1, scene 4)

  Posted by sahabia on Aug 29, 2007 at 07:00 AM

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  What reasons do Laertes and Polonius give for their command to Ophelia to stop seeing Hamlet? Are they reasonable?

  Posted by nemus on Apr 25, 2007 at 09:29 AM

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  How does Shakespeare create tension in the second scene?

  Posted by layoya2005 on Apr 25, 2007 at 09:22 AM

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  What information is presented in act 1 that invites us to compare and contrast them, with Hamlet? Be specific with each one.

  Posted by mkt on Apr 25, 2007 at 09:06 AM