Skólaskýrsla 2004 - Verzlunarskóli Íslands

Each small annexment, petty consequence,
Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone
Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
4 (2%) Why does Hamlet behave like this towards Ophelia? What are his feelings towards
her at this stage (support your answer witharguments.
5 (2%) Paraphrase what Rosencrantz means.
6 (1%) Explain the metaphor in the underlined lines.
7 (1%) Why is it significant that he should be of this opinion? (1)
Act 3, scene 4
Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, farewell!
I took thee for thy better: take thy fortune;
Thou find'st to be too busy is some danger.
8 (3%) Who says this, about whom, and who is ‘his better’?
9 (1%) Explain what the last line means and how it relates to the character in question.
Act 5, scene 1
HAMLET
Let me see.
Takes the skull
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rims at
it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know
not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your
gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment,
that were wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
now, to mock your own grinning? quite chap­fallen?
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let
her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must
come; make her laugh at that.
10 (1%) Who was Yorick?
11 (2%) Explain the underlined words, and explain how they relate to a central theme in the
play.
12 (4%) Humour in Hamlet: Which scene/ element do you find funniest and why?
Pride and Prejudice. (30%) (18 points).
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