How say you by that still harping on my daughter?
Conception is a blessing, but, as your daughter may conceive—Friend, look to it. How say you by that? Still harping on my daughter. Yet he knew me not at first.
Why is Hamlet’s choice of hearing the speech about Pyrrhus?
Hamlet wants everyone to hear the speech about Pyrrhus and Priam because it involves a son viciously avenging his father’s death. The tale parallels what Hamlet would like to do himself and feels he should do—kill Claudius for murdering his father.
Who said I doubt it is no other but the main his father’s death and our O Erhasty marriage?
Hamlet. I doubt it is no other but the main, His father’s death, and our o’erhasty marriage.
What it should be more than his father’s death?
Something have you heard 5 Of Hamlet’s “transformation”—so call it Since nor th’ exterior nor the inward man Resembles that it was. What it should be, More than his father’s death, that thus hath put him So much from th’ understanding of himself, 10 I cannot dream of.
What news do Voltimand and Cornelius bring from Norway?
Polonius returns with Ambassadors Voltemand and Cornelius. They bring news from Norway that the old and ailing king, brother to the slain King Fortinbras, has managed to restrain his nephew, young Fortinbras, from invading Denmark.
Who takes over the throne of Denmark at the end?
Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle, married Hamlet’s recently-widowed mother, becoming the new King of Denmark. Hamlet continues to mourn for his father’s death and laments his mother’s lack of loyalty.
What Pyrrhus means?
The allusion about Pyrrhus and Prim directly refers to Hamlet’s idea of avenging his father. He strives to murder his uncle, Claudius. The man poisoned King Hamlet and married the hero’s mother.
Who is watching the king during the performance of the mousetrap?
He asks Horatio to watch the King and note his reaction to a specific speech in Murder of Gonzago. If the play does not reveal Claudius as the killer, Hamlet promises Horatio that he will admit to having seen a “damnèd ghost” rather than the honest spirit of his late father.
Who is Hamlet’s brother?
Claudius
How was it that King Hamlet’s brother, Claudius, succeeded him to the throne when he died and not his son, Prince Hamlet?