| A | B |
|---|
| Eating supper with worms | Polonius |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern | "sponges" to be squeezed for information...killed upon arrival in England |
| Leading a band of "lawless resolutes" to fight over a small, meaningless piece of land in Polnand | Prince Fortinbras |
| Died while singing and picking flowers near a brooke...we - the audience - are suspicious that this may have been a suicide | Ophelia |
| Returns to Elsinore from college...prepared to cut Hamlet's throat in church | Laertes |
| Uses Laertes' anger and sorrow over Polonius' death to his advantage in arranging a plot to kill Hamlet | Claudius |
| Is inspired by Norway's army and their willingness to die in batlle over a small, meaningless piece of land | Hamlet |
| use an unbated (sharpened) sword during the sword fight | Plan A (of Claudius' and Laertes' plot to kill Hamlet) |
| envenom (poison) the sword used during the sword fight | Plan B (of Claudius' and Laertes' plot to kill Hamlet) |
| poison the wine in Hamlet's cup, which he would drink after becoming hot and dry from sword fighting | Plan C "just in case" (of Claudius' and Laertes' plot to kill Hamlet) |
