Poetry
"Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers" is an example of this term
What is alliteration?
Claudius receives a letter from him during Act 1 of the play and doesn't make much of it.
Who is Fortinbras?
After being stabbed behind an arras, Polonius said this:
What is "I am slain?"
This adjective means "happening in a gradual but harmful way"--like being poisoned in a video game!
What is insidious?
She played Ophelia, and boy did she go "overboard" in a few scenes!
Who is Kate Winslet? (And did you get my Titanic reference???)
What is free verse?
Did you hear Hamlet escaped death? All thanks to these people who intercepted him on his way to England.
Who are pirates?
Gertrude kept referencing this item right before her death--possibly to warn her son.
What is "The drink."
It has nothing to do with being male or female--it means to bring something into being.
What is engender?
What is "fencing?"
What is a metaphor?
This character appears just as Hamlet is giving Queen Gertrude the what-for for her marital infidelities--he must've heard his name.
Who is the ghost of King Hamlet?
We don't get to hear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern's final words, as they are killed upon arriving here.
What is England?
This word means "happening all over the place."
What is ubiquitous?
His Osric loves to talk and chew up the scenery as much as this his other character Mr. Keating ever did.
Who is Robin Williams?
If you've written a sad, mournful poem honoring somebody who has just died, you've probably written this.
What is an elegy?
Who are Claudius and Polonius?
He was prepared to have his final words in the throne room along with everybody else, but Hamlet stopped him.
Who is Horatio?
Oh, if I fail the exam, people will certainly do this--publicly criticize--me.
What is lampoon?
This is the range around when Hamlet was written (you can be off by up to 10 years).
What is 1599-1601?
It's not an insult! It's a word made of two contradictory terms put together, like "same difference" or "jumbo shrimp."
What is an oxymoron?
He's in France--possibly gambling, dancing, and losing at tennis.
Who is Laertes?
This man says "I am but hurt"--he might have wanted to wait a little longer to make that assessment.
Who is Claudius?
Some of you did this type of job on your essay--it means lacking care and thought.
What is slipshod?
This celebrity was the gravedigger in the Kenneth Branagh Hamlet. He was also in When Harry Met Sally.
Who is Billy Crystal?