Flowers are handed out as a mind implodes under the weight of grief and a brother comes home looking for blood. In the Hamlet Act 4 Scene 5 Quiz, we analyse Ophelia’s songs and Laertes’s angry arrival at the court. Feel at once the chaos of a kingdom on the verge of revolt.
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Hamlet Act 4 Scene 5 Quiz Questions
- Who is the first character to enter in Act 4 Scene 5?
- Who does the Gentleman ask to speak with Ophelia?
- Why does the Gentleman say Ophelia should be heard?
- What has caused Ophelia’s madness?
- What does Ophelia do when she enters?
- What do Ophelia’s songs reference?
- How does Gertrude react to Ophelia’s behavior?
- What does Claudius say about Ophelia’s madness?
- What do Ophelia’s songs about flowers symbolize?
- Who brings news of Laertes’s return?
- Why is Laertes angry when he returns?
- What does Laertes demand upon entering?
- How does Claudius respond to Laertes’s rage?
- What does Laertes threaten to do?
- How does Claudius defend himself to Laertes?
- Who interrupts their confrontation?
- What does Ophelia carry when she enters again?
- What do Ophelia’s flowers for Laertes symbolize?
- How does Laertes react to Ophelia’s condition?
- What emotion dominates this scene?
- What theme is most strongly developed in this scene?
- What does Claudius promise Laertes by the end of the scene?
- What does Ophelia’s madness reveal about her character?
- What literary device is most used in Ophelia’s dialogue?
- What does Claudius fear might happen next?
- What does Laertes call Ophelia when he sees her madness?
- What does Ophelia’s behavior reflect about Denmark?
- How does Claudius use Laertes’s anger to his advantage?
- What does the scene foreshadow?
- What mood concludes the scene?