Characters
Prince Hamlet's mother
Gertrude
"Oh that this too sullied flesh would melt"
Hamlet (in his first soliloquy)
Who sees the ghost first?
Horatio and the guards
What are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern recruited to do?
Spy on Hamlet
Where does Claudius send Hamlet after he kills Polonius?
England
The dead monarch
King Hamlet
"I would give you some violets, but they wither'd all when my father died"
Ophelia
What is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet
Uncle/nephew (and stepfather/stepson!)
What does Polonius believe is the reason for Hamlet's madness?
Love for Ophelia
How does Ophelia die?
Drowning (suspected suicide)
Hamlet's closest friend
Horatio
"Stay! Speak, speak! I charge thee, speak"
Horatio (to the ghost)
The ghost reveals that he was killed how and by who?
Poison to the ear by Claudius
What is 'the mousetrap'?
The play within the play, organised by Hamlet.
"Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well" - what is Hamlet holding during this line?
Yorick's skull
The brother of Ophelia
Laertes
"Revenge his most foul and unnatural murder"
Ghost of King Hamlet (to Hamlet)
Depressed, in mourning, emotionless
Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he is praying?
He believes it will send Claudius to heaven.
How does Gertrude die?
She drinks the wine not knowing it is poisoned
The jester Hamlet remembers from his youth
Yorick
"Neither a borrower or a lender be... this above all - to thine own self be true."
Polonius (giving advice to his son, Laertes)
When we hear the quote "something is rotten in the state of Denmark", what is it referring to?
The corruption, evil, treachery or wrongful actions in the royal family.
"To be or not to be" is a reflection on what?
Whether Hamlet should love or die
Why does Hamlet want Horatio to live?
So he can pass on the story