Use these questions for guided reading, discussion or written analysis.
Discussion Questions
- The play opens with a ghost. What does Shakespeare achieve by having the plot set in motion by a supernatural being?
- Why does Hamlet delay taking revenge? Is his hesitation a strength or a weakness?
- How does Shakespeare use the play-within-a-play to reveal character?
- "To be, or not to be" — what is Hamlet actually debating in this soliloquy?
- Compare Hamlet and Laertes as avengers. What does the contrast between them reveal?
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