Why does Hamlet want revenge?

Claudius killed Hamlet's father

As time went on revenge dramas became...

More concerned with aesthetics than ethics

What is a great debate of the Elizabethan period?

Should justice be done by the state or by the wronged person

Hamlet's desire for revenge leads to ..

The death of all the main characters

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1
Why does Hamlet want revenge?
Hamlet's hamartia is jealousy
Hamlet lost his girlfriend
Claudius killed Hamlet's father
Claudius stole Hamlet's money
2
Consonants are ...
Shouted
An imperialist construct
Intellectual structure
Always whispered
3
"shuffled off this mortal coil" means ...
To be betrayed
To get old
To die
To want revenge
4
Thomas Kyd's Spanish Tragedy features a character called...
Barrington
Revenge
Vindicio
Lawrence
5
Who can we say is the inventor of the soliloquy?
Thomas Kyd
Seneca
Lorenzo
William Shakespeare
6
Why does Hamlet put on a play?
Plays were common in Elizabethan England
He wants to be an actor
Aristotle's rules insist upon it
To see Claudius's reaction
7
As time went on revenge dramas became...
More influenced by Ottoman ideas than Roman ideas
More concerned with comedy than tragedy
More concerned with spectacle than charcater
More concerned with aesthetics than ethics
8
Why does Hamlet reject Ophelia?
She is not royal
He thinks she is ugly
He wants to see how Claudius will react
He is pretending to be mad
9
What is a great debate of the Elizabethan period?
Is cannibalism acceptable
Is catharsis still appropriate in the theatre
Is revenge a suitable topic for theatre
Should justice be done by the state or by the wronged person
10
Hamlet's desire for revenge leads to ..
A revolution
The death of all the main characters
Hamlet being put in a mental hospital
God's wrath
11
What happens to Ophelia?
She gets married to Laertes
She gets married to Hamlet
She becomes a nun
She goes mad and drowns
12
Another recurring theme of the revenge drama is...
Marriage
Feined and real gluttony
Feigned and real madness
Mistaken identity
13
The sounds the actor focused on were...
T sounds
B sounds
S sounds
Y sounds
14
After Hamlet's father dies, his mother marries...
Uncle Vanya
Prince Mercutio
Sister Sledge
Uncle Claudius
15
Vowels carry ...
Emotion
Sincerity
Rhythm
Disaster

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