Characters
literary terms
How are they related
Renaissance
Shakespeare
100

Who is the protagonist in the play?

Hamlet

100

words spoken by actors in a play

dialogue

100

mother and son

gertrude and Hamlet 

Polonius and Laertes 

100

Renaissance started in 

Italy

100

A common aside in Hamlet 

"A little more than Kin, and less than kind." 

200

Compared with a Satyr in the play

Claudius 

200

An actor speaks his thoughts aloud

soliloquy/ aside

200

Father and son 

King Hamlet and Hamlet

200

Renaissance was a rebirth of (name three)

art, literature, politics, science, and architecture 

200

"To be or not to be" was a soliloquy by 

Hamlet  

300

According to Prince Hamlet she is frail, and she betrayed the King.

Gertrude

300

when knowing more than a character in a play does

dramatic irony 

300

Double jeopardy:Uncle and nephew 

Claudius and Hamlet 

300

the movement influencing the Renaissance 

Humanism 

300

a play dealing with tragic events

tragedy 

400

Came as a ghost to seek revenge 

King Hamlet

400

expecting something, but the opposite occurs

Situational irony

400

Hamlet and Horatio 

best friends
400

Renaissance came after 

Middle Ages

400

a play which is amusing and light in its tone

comedy 

500

Double Jeopardy: Hamlet's best friend 

Horatio 

500

a speech delivered by one character 

monologue 

500

Polonius and Laertes

Father and son 

500

One of the most influencing playwrights and poets

William Shakespeare 

500

Double Jeopardy: Shakespeare's poems are called

Sonnets

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