1. 2/10 Hamlet II.ii.577-end “Oh, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!”

2. 1) What’s your best translation of “rogue”?

3. 2) What figure of speech is, “Is it not monstrous...”?

4. 3) What is your best translation of “conceit”?

5. 4) To whom does the pronoun “her” refer?

6. 5) What is your best translation of “visage”?

7. 6) What is your best translation of “wanned”?

8. 7) What figure of speech is, “He would drown the stage with tears…”?

9. 8) What is your best translation of “peak”?

10. 9) What figure of speech is “beard”?

11. 10) What figure of speech is “This is most brave”?

12. 11) How does Hamlet think he’s like a “drab”?

13. 12) What figure of speech is “About, my brains!”

14. 13) Do you think Hamlet’s plan to use the plan to test Claudius’s guilt is a good plan? Explain. What do you see as Hamlet’s real options at this point?