Hamlet: Act 2
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Act questions
- Question 1 · Recall
Whom do Claudius and Gertrude call to court to find out what troubles Hamlet?
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They call Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.Reference: Act 2, Scene 2
- Question 2 · Recall
What does Ophelia tell her father about Hamlet's visit to her room?
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He came to her with his clothes in disorder, looking distressed.Reference: Act 2, Scene 1
- Question 3 · Recall
Which play does Hamlet ask the players to perform?
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He asks for The Murder of Gonzago.Reference: Act 2, Scene 2
- Question 4 · Why
Why does Polonius decide to go to the King after Ophelia's report?
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He concludes that Hamlet's strange state comes from love for his daughter.Reference: Act 2, Scene 1
- Question 5 · Why
Why does Hamlet want the players to perform before the court?
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He wants to watch Claudius's face and see whether the King shows guilt.Reference: Act 2, Scene 2
Act summary
In Act 2, Polonius sends his servant Reynaldo to Paris to ask questions about the behavior of his son Laertes, then Ophelia comes to him upset by a visit from Hamlet. Polonius decides the cause is love and goes to tell the King. At the castle Claudius welcomes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and asks them to find out what troubles Hamlet. Ambassadors report that the threat from Norway is settled. Polonius reads out a letter Hamlet wrote to Ophelia and proposes to watch the two together. Hamlet, reading a book, answers Polonius with riddles, then greets Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and questions why they came. The players arrive, and Hamlet asks them to perform a play with some lines of his own added. Left alone, he scolds himself for doing nothing and settles on a plan to test the King.
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