Trivia
Hamlet considers this action in his famous "To Be Or Not To Be" monologue.
What is suicide?
This character dies before the beginning of the play.
Who is King Hamlet?
In this scene, seamen give Horatio a letter announcing Hamlet's return to England.
What is Act 4, Scene 6?
This character has the first line of the play.
Who is Barnardo?
This tool is used by Hamlet to assess Claudius's innocence or guilt.
What is a play?
This character marries her husband's brother quickly after her first husband's death.
Who is Gertrude?
In this scene, Hamlet kills Polonius by stabbing him through the curtains.
This act has only two scenes.
What is Act 2?
Laertes plans to kill Hamlet using this tool.
What is a poisoned sword?
This character is banished to France near the beginning of the play.
Who is Laertes?
In this scene, Laertes and Polonius tell Ophelia not to involve herself with Hamlet.
What is Act 1, Scene 3?
Ophelia uses this word in Act 1, Scene 3 to refer to Hamlet's acts of love, but Laertes continues the metaphor to claim his love is not real.
What is "tenders"?
If Hamlet escapes Laertes's plot, Claudius has this backup prepared.
What is a poisoned chalice?
These characters are instructed in Act 4 to kill Hamlet upon reaching England.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
In this scene, Hamlet tells the players to put on a play recreating King Hamlet's death.
What is Act 3, Scene 2?
This many players enter with Hamlet at the start of Act 3, Scene 2.
What is 3?
This character calls Claudius "incestuous" and "adulterate" in Act 1, Scene 5.
Who is the Ghost?
These characters are the first to see the ghost in Act 1.
Who are Marcellus and Bernardo?
This scene begins with Polonius sending money and letters to Laertes.
What is Act 2, Scene 1?
This character has the last line in Act 2, Scene 2.
Who is Polonius?