Cruxes and Riddles
• Why Hamlet is mad when the wind is North, North-West?
• What’s hidden in Camel, Weasel, and Whale?
• Why Hamlet calls his father’s ghost “boy”?
• Why Gertrude would remarry within a month?
• Why Hamlet’s letter to Claudius is passed via Claudio?
• What’s the metaphor of “hide Fox, and all after”?
• Why Hamlet tells Ophelia to go to a nunnery five times?
• Why “the most beautified Ophelia” is an ill phrase?
• What “Remembrances” Hamlet gives to Ophelia?
• Why Hamlet calls King Claudius “dear Mother”?
• What’s the message in “Sun breed Maggots in a dead dog”?
• What’s the reason Polonius must die?
• What’s the message in “too much in the Sun”?
• What’s the origin of “owl was a baker’s daughter”?
• Why Gertrude and maids don’t save Ophelia?
• Why the rabble cry “Laertes shall be King”?
• When exactly Claudius responses to the Mouse-trap?
• What’s the metaphor of “shot my arrow over the house”?
• Why Gertrude insists to drink Hamlet’s wine?
• Why Hamlet calls Osricke “Lord of Beasts”?
• What’s the message in Francisco’s truantness?
• What’s the message in Hamlet’s last word “O, o, o, o.”?
• Why Hamlet calls his soul “Mistress of my choice”?
• Why Hamlet and Laertes both jump into Ophelia’s grave?