Allusions
What mythological figure does Hamlet compare his father to?
What is Hyperion or Hercules or Mars.
Hamlet repeats this motif to demonstrate his feelings about his life in Denmark.
What is an unweeded garden (to represent corruption).
1066-1450 are the years that define which stage in the development of the English Language.
What is Middle English.
A play within a play and a protagonist who pretends to be insane are traits of what kind of play.
What is a revenge play
The mythological beast Hamlet compares his uncle Claudius to.
What is a satyr.
Ophelia symbolically wears this while down at the water's edge.
What is a crown of flowers.
Before the play begins, this character is killed by King Hamlet in battle.
Who is King Fortinbras
Hamlet qualifies as two different kind of plays...a tragedy and this kind?
What is a revenge play.
What are violets.
Beowulf is an example of literature from which stage of the development of the English language.
What is Old English.
The name of the concept that Shakespearean audiences believed provided order in their universe?
What is the Great Chain of Being or Elizabethan Order of Being.
The character from Virgil's Aenid that Hamlet compares his mother to.
Who is Queen Hecuba.
The Columbines (flowers) that Ophelia pretends to hand out represent...?
What is marital infidelity.
Shakespeare wrote during this stage of the development of the English Language.
What is Early Modern English.
What is etymology.
The allusion mentioned when Hamlet recognizes that even great men/leaders will die.
Who is Julius Caesar.
The tree Ophelia lost her grip on when she fell into the water.
What is a willow tree (symbolizes lost love)
The 7 influences on the development of the English language.
Who are: the Angles, the Jutes, the Saxons, Latin and Greek, the Danes, and the French speaking Normans.