To be, or Not to Be
This character's famous speech begins with the line "To be, or not to be, that is the question"
Who is Hamlet?
This character goes mad after her father's death and her rejection by Hamlet.
Who is Ophelia?
Hamlet fakes this condition in order to carry out his plans to kill Claudius.
What is madness?
Hamlet's description of his deceased father as having "Hyperion’s curls...an eye like Mars’ to threaten and command [and] a station like the herald Mercury" is an example of this.
What is an allusion?
King Hamlet was murdered by this means.
What is poison in the ear?
Hamlet debates doing this in his famous Act 3 soliloquy.
What is whether or not to end his life?
This character says "To thine own self be true" but doesn't follow his own advice.
Who is Polonius?
This is the reason why Hamlet does not kill Claudius during prayer.
What is he wants to make sure that the King goes to Hell?
The Ghost tells Hamlet to not direct his revenge towards _______, but to “leave her to heaven”
What is his mother (or Queen Gertrude)?
Comic relief is provided by these characters in Act 5.
Who are the gravediggers?
In his speech, Hamlet uses this alternative word instead of death.
What is sleep?
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" is said by this character during the play-within-a-play scene.
Who is Gertrude?
By the end of the play, this character becomes king of Denmark.
Who is Fortinbras?
"Since frost itself as actively doth burn" is an example of this.
What is a paradox?
The Doctor of Divinity (the priest) refuses to give Ophelia’s funeral any additional ceremony for this specific reason.
What is because she committed suicide?
This is the undiscovered country in line 24 (Act 3, scene 1).
What is the afterlife?
This character survives to tell Hamlet's story at the end of the play.
Who is Horatio?
When apologizing to Laertes, Hamlet reveals that he murdered Polonius because of this.
What is his own madness?
Yorick's skull serves as a symbol for this concept in the play.
What is mortality or the inevitability of death?
At certain points in the play, Hamlet fears that the ghost may have been sent by this biblical figure.
Who is the devil?
Men contend (put up) with all the horrible things that happen to them in life because of this.
What is the fear of what may happen to them after death?
This character says in Act 4: "Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia,/ And therefore I forbid my tears…"
Who is Laertes?
Hamlet arranges for this to be performed to "catch the conscience of the king." (more than one possible answer)
What is The Mousetrap? (The play within a play, or "The Murder of Gonzago")
When Hamlet says this to Rosencrantz & Guildenstern, Hamlet hints that Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are ______ to King Claudius: “When he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again.”
What is loyal?
Hamlet's speech in the graveyard shows/communicates this.
What is that all are equal in death?