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Bijeenkomst 1: Act 1

1. What might Horatio hope to gain by telling Hamlet about the apparition, and what risks might that choice carry?
2. How should Ophelia weigh advice from Laertes against a direct command from her father?
3. How much trust should Hamlet place in the Ghost's accusation before accepting a duty of revenge?

Bijeenkomst 2: Act 2

4. When, if ever, is spying a fair way to resolve doubts about someone?
5. How much weight should Polonius give Ophelia's frightening encounter when judging Hamlet?
6. What makes rejected love a convincing or unconvincing explanation for Hamlet's distress?

Bijeenkomst 3: Act 3

7. How should we judge Hamlet's treatment of Ophelia alongside his thoughts about death?
8. What kinds of evidence could Hamlet reasonably draw from watching his uncle during a staged poisoning?
9. Does sparing the King during apparent prayer show restraint, misplaced trust, or something else?

Bijeenkomst 4: Act 4

10. What does the King's secret execution command suggest about how he uses authority?
11. Does Hamlet's refusal to reveal the body seem like resistance, cruelty, or something else?
12. Is an army's dispute over worthless land a sound reason for Hamlet to question his delay?

Bijeenkomst 5: Act 5

13. What do the gravedigger's jokes allow a discussion of death to do that grief alone might not?
14. How does the setting of Ophelia's funeral shape your judgment of the violent clash between Hamlet and Laertes?
15. What does the fencing match suggest about the relationship between secrecy and violence?

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