Characters
Who is the Prince of Denmark?
Hamlet
Who does the ghost claim killed him?
Claudius
“To be or not to be” is about what?
Life and Death
What major theme drives Hamlet’s actions?
What does Yorick’s skull represent?
Death
Who is Hamlet's best friend?
Horatio
How does Hamlet accidentally kill Polonius?
Stabs him through a curtain
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” refers to what?
Corruption
What theme is shown through Hamlet’s hesitation?
Indecision
What does the ghost symbolize?
Who is the king at the start of the play?
Claudius
What happens to Ophelia?
She drowns
“Get thee to a nunnery” is said to whom?
Ophelia
What theme is shown by Claudius’s actions?
Corruption
What does Ophelia’s flowers symbolize?
Emotions and meaning
Who is Ophelia’s father?
Polonius
Who poisons the sword in the final duel?
Laertes
“The lady doth protest too much” refers to what?
Insincerity
What theme is shown in Ophelia’s story?
Madness
What does the play-within-a-play represent?
Truth
Gertrude
Who is left alive at the end?
Horatio
“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t” is said by whom?
Polonius
What theme is shown through spying and secrets?
Deception
What do graves symbolize in Hamlet?
Mortality