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Hamlet Act II Question
1. What is important about Polonius's instructions to Reynaldo as contained in the lines, "And thus do we of wisdom and of reach,/ With windlasses and with assays of bias, / By indirections find directions out" ? How is this reinforcing a theme in the play?
2. What news does Ophelia bring Polonius? How does Polonius misinterpret it and how does this work to Hamlet's advantage?
3. What is the significance of the meeting between the royal couple and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
4. Why is Fortinbras mentioned again?
5. What is Hamlet's reception of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? How does he feel about them?
6. Why is Hamlet excited about the players?
7. What is the importance of the reference to Jephthah
8. What is the import of Hamlet's speech to the players?
9. How does Polonius's reaction to the player's speech provide comic relief?
10. What emotion dominates the soliloquy that follows when Hamlet is alone?
11. What plan does Hamlet devise to determine the truth about what the ghost told him?