1. What effect does Hamlet’s soliloquy 'What a rogue and peasant slave am I!' have on the audience's understanding of his character?

2. Which theme is most emphasized when Hamlet speaks of 'the undiscovered country'?

3. How does Ophelia’s madness differ thematically from Hamlet’s?

4. How does Shakespeare challenge revenge tragedy conventions in Hamlet’s approach to vengeance?

5. What rhetorical device dominates Claudius’s first public speech in Act I, Scene II?

6. What does the imagery of disease and decay represent in the political context of Elsinore?

7. What is the significance of Hamlet calling Denmark a 'prison'?

8. How is dramatic irony used when Hamlet kills Polonius?

9. Which line marks Hamlet’s resignation to fate and spiritual readiness in the final act?

10. What is Gertrude’s role in the poisoning during the duel scene?

11. How does Hamlet's language shift from beginning to end of the play?

12. What is the purpose of Fortinbras appearing at the end of the play?

13. Which object becomes a symbol of lost innocence and grief in Ophelia’s final scene?

14. Which character serves as both comic relief and philosophical contrast to Hamlet in Act V?

15. How does Hamlet reinterpret performance and truth through the actors?

16. Which philosopher’s view aligns most closely with Hamlet’s doubt and existential themes?

17. What is the literary function of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s deaths?

18. Why is Horatio chosen to survive the final scene?

19. What does the motif of 'acting' or 'seeming' suggest about identity in the play?

20. Which literary critic described Hamlet as 'an artistic failure' for being too introspective?