Who is this character?
Who is the Queen of Denmark and Hamlet’s mother?
Gertrude
What advice does both Laertes and Polonius give to Ophelia?
Stay away from Hamlet
Why did Hamlet not kill Claudius when he found him alone after the play?
He was praying
Who is the skull to whom Hamlet is referring in the most famous image of Shakespeare?
Yorick the jester
How did King Hamlet really die?
Killed by Claudius - poison in ear while sleeping
Who is young Hamlet’s admirer or crush?
Ophelia
Describe the quote King Hamlet said: "Revenge my most foul and unnatural murder."
Get revenge for his father's murder
Why did Hamlet kill Polonius?
He thought it was Claudius
How did Gertrude die?
She drank the poison
Which two characters plot to kill Hamlet?
Claudius and Laertes
Who is a true friend to Hamlet?
Horatio
Describe the quote Laertes tells Ophelia: "Perhaps he loves you now...but you must fear, his greatness weighed, his will is not his own."
Hamlet may love you, but it is not true love
What does the play within the play portray, and what is it called?
It is called Mousetrap - it shows how Claudius killed King Hamlet
How did Laertes die?
Stabbed with a poison-tipped sword
Who sends a person to bad-mouth his own son in France?
Polonius - he sends spies to follow Laertes
Who gets permission from father and kind to leave Denmark and return to France?
Laertes
How do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern try to cheer Hamlet?
With actors/players
Describe the importance and meaning of the soliloquy "To be, or not to be, that is the question:"
This shows how Hamlet debates suicide
How did Claudius die?
Both the poison-tipped sword and drinking the poison
Who committed suicide (at least in the eyes of the public)?
Ophelia
Who is the new king of Norway?
Fortinbras
What reasons does Polonius give for Hamlet's insanity?
Rejection from Ophelia
Who goes crazy over the death of her father?
Who is sent to England?
Who returns to avenge their father?
Ophelia
Hamlet
Laertes
Who becomes leader of Denmark at the end?
Fortinbras
Who fights in the open grave of his sister?