Characters
Hamlet's loyal friend from Wittenberg.
Who is Horatio?
The Ghost resembles this deceased person.
Who is King Hamlet?
"Something is rotten in the state of _____."
What is Denmark?
The play begins in this country.
What is Denmark?
A speech in which a character speaks thoughts aloud while alone.
What is a soliloquy?
This character warns Ophelia not to trust Hamlet's romantic intentions.
Who is Laertes?
The Ghost first appears in this location.
What are the battlements of Elsinore Castle?
Hamlet says, "A little more than kin, and less than _____."
What is kind?
The king of Norway whose son seeks to recover lost lands.
Who is Old Fortinbras?
The Ghost is an example of this literary element.
What is the supernatural?
The new king of Denmark and Hamlet's uncle.
Who is Claudius?
This friend remains skeptical until he sees the Ghost himself
Who is Horatio?
"Frailty, thy name is _____!"
What is woman?
Claudius gives Laertes permission to return to this country.
What is France?
Hamlet's "O that this too too solid flesh would melt" speech is a ______.
What is a soliloquy?
Ophelia's father and the king's advisor.
Who is Polonius?
The Ghost beckons this character to follow him alone.
Who is Hamlet?
Hamlet wishes that his "too, too solid flesh would _____."
What is melt?
Claudius gives Laertes permission to return to this country.
What is France?
The Ghost symbolizes this central idea that drives the play.
What is revenge?
This character is both Hamlet's mother and Denmark's queen.
Who is Gertrude?
Horatio fears this might happen if Hamlet follows the Ghost.
What is being harmed or driven to madness?
Claudius states that excessive mourning is "unmanly _____."
What is grief?
At the end of Scene 4, Hamlet decides to do this.
What is follow the Ghost?
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" introduces this theme.
What is corruption/decay in Denmark?