reason

1. Do you think Rosencrantz and Guildenstern deserved to be put to death? What alternatives might Hamlet have taken? Examine Hamlet's reasoning and consider whether you think Hamlet was seeking justice or revenge?
2. Why does Horatio tell Hamlet he will lose the contest? Why is Horatio correct?
3. Throughout most of the play Hamlet has seemed unwilling to do what he knows he must do. Is it only in the final scene that Hamlet seems fully willing to accept his destiny?

1. (30-1)"I know not seems." In I, ii, 76, Hamlet claims that his grief is real, not just a show. Make a chart of all the occasions in this act when there is a difference between the way a character seems to be and the way he or she really is.

Will we decide that we've grown powerful enough? Can we draw a line and say, "this far and no further"?

How do we control the techno-scientific juggernaut before it dehumanizes our species?

Is it possible for us to refuse to do something that we can do?

Must we forever grow in reach and power?