doubt: fear.

Gertrude believes that Hamlet is upset because his father recently died, and Gertrude married his uncle so shortly after the old king’s death. There is no indication in the play that Gertrude has any suspicions about the murder, and she definitely doesn’t know about Hamlet’s experience with the Ghost. However, critics (as well as directors and actors) differ on just how clueless or savvy they believe Gertrude to be.

Here, in a straightforward style, she articulates the most obvious explanation and eschews the convoluted reasoning and scheming of Claudius and Polonius. Demonstrating Occam’s razor, Gertrude argues that the simplest explanation, “the main,” may be the best. Gertrude has fewer lines than other characters and yet she often speaks for the simple truth. Her speeches demonstrate that she adheres to her own advice to Polonius: “more matter, with less art.”

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are friends of Hamlet, summoned by King Claudius and Queen Gertrude to find out what’s troubling Hamlet, and/or to lead him to recreational pursuits.

In the 20th century they became the subjects of the famous play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, by Tom Stoppard. This play depicts Hamlet from the perspective of its most famous minor characters. The play was adapted into a movie in 1990.

Reference to Common’s classic 1994 song “I Used to Love H.E.R.” from his album Resurrection.

The highest temperature that has ever been recorded at the North Pole is 5 degrees Celsius. The average in winter time is -34 degrees Celsius, so you would have to be quite cold blooded to survive there.

This also sets up Kendrick’s infatuation with childhood vices (as he mentions in the next line he is infatuated with cartoons and GI Joes). The place where he grew up is home to this guy:

The same mythical man who provided him with his GI Joes and toys at an early age.

He ain’t flopping unlike other players in the NBA:

But he most likely means that he isn’t failing either at rapping or playing basketball.

Ancient choruses were divided into different parts. The strophe (turn) would signify that the chorus would move from left to right while singing, while the antistrophe would be where the chorus moved from right to left.

Oedipus believes that the person who killed the king might intend to kill him as well. Ironically the person who killed the king is the one sitting on the throne.

Creon tells Oedipus that they assumed that but did not investigate because they were in a bind of their own dealing with the Sphinx.