SCENE I
Horatio and Hamlet think that it is insensitive that the gravediggers are doing this while digging the graves.
What is singing?
Before dying, this person asks Hamlet for forgiveness.
Who is Laertes?
This is Shakespeare's longest play, taking 4 hours to perform.
What is Hamlet?
Hamlet taunts this person at Ophelia's funeral by saying "I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers / Could not with all their quantity of love /Make up my sum. What wilt thou do for her?" (Hamlet 5.1.251-253).
Who is Laertes?
This is the only person who Hamlet personally knew that remains alive at the end of ACT V Scene II.
Who is Horatio?
Shakespeare is most famous for these types of poems, where each line has 10 syllables.
What is a sonnet?
At Ophelia's funeral, Gertrude mentions that she hoped this had happened.
What is the marriage of Hamlet and Ophelia?
What is Hamlet's madness?
Most of Shakespeare's plays fall into one of these three categories.
What is comedy, tragedy, and history?
When Hamlet rants on the futility of life, he mentions these two prominent historical figures.
Who are Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great?
Before dying, Hamlet predicts that this event will happen. He is okay with this event happening.
What is the coronation of Fortinbras?
Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest tragedy. After The Comedy of Errors, this is Shakespeare's shortest comedy.
What is A Midsummer Night's Dream?
This event happened the same day that "King Hamlet o'ercame Fortinbras" (Hamlet 5.1.134).
When was Hamlet born?
Claudius dies by being forced to drink from the poisoned cup intended to kill Hamlet. Laertes dies from his own poisoned rapier, also intended to kill Hamlet. Both of these are examples of this literary device.
What is irony?
Shakespeare invented over 1,700 English words, many of which are still used today. This common English verb was invented in the play Hamlet.
What is "rant"?