1. “The vicious mole of nature”
Hamlet Act 1 scene 4
“The vicious mole of nature”

2. What is Claudius’ custom in Elsinore?

3. What is Hamlet’s opinion of his uncle’s drinking habits?
Do you think the custom was followed so much in Elder Hamlet’s day?

4. Hamlet’s lines 23-38: the “vicious mole of nature”
What is this?
What does it suggest about people?

5. What fears does Hamlet express upon first seeing the ghost?
 “Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned,/ Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell,/ Be thy intents wicked or charitable,/ Thou com’st in such a questionable shape” ( )

6. Why do others try to prevent him from following the ghost?

7. Hamlet is determined to meet the ghost: why?
He is capable of sudden & purposeful violence
Is he going mad?