Vocabulary
A major division in a play is called this.
What is an Act?
Built this theatre on the bank of the Thames River
What is the Globe Theatre?
University of Wittenberg
What is Hamlet's college/university?
Hides behind the tapestry and is killed
Who is Polonius?
Dips his sword tip in poison
Who is Laertes?
Located on the bank of the Thames River
Number of trap doors
What is two?
Another name for a poet in Shakespeare's time
William Shakespeare's birth place
What is Stratford-on-Avon?
Country the play takes place in
What is Denmark?
"To be or not to be...that is the question" meaning.
What is to live or to die?
Restores Denmark after death of entire royal family
Who is Fortinbras?
Hamlet's most trusted friend
Who is Horatio?
Thatch
What is the type of roof the theatre had?
A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story.
What is a foil?
Globe Theatre was built in this year
What is 1599?
The reason why Marcellus says there is something "rotten in the state of Denmark."
What is King Hamlet's ghost is seen pacing the halls of the castle?
Name of the play to be performed the night Hamlet gets more evidence of his uncle's guilt
What is The Murder of Gonzago?
What is to have a poisoned drink for Hamlet to drink when he is thirsty?
What is 2 months?
The most exciting place to be during a performance
What is the pit?
A person who writes plays.
What is a playwright?
Name two parts of the Globe Theatre you labeled on your 3-D model.
What is the upper/middle/lower decks, trap door, Gentlemen's Room, Heavens, and the pit?
Hamlet's childhood friends
Who are Rosencrantz & Guildenstern?
Who is Ophelia?
Remains behind to tell the truth of what happened that day
Who is Horatio?
Henbane poison
What is how King Hamlet was killed by his brother, Claudius.
What each of the trap doors signifies
What is Heaven and Hell?
A type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the worse.
What is a tragedy?
Audience members who stood in the pit at the Globe Theatre are called this.
What are groundlings?
The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius's court
Polonius's children
Who are Laertes and Ophelia?
Was the last to die in Act V.
Who is Hamlet?
The king's jester
Who is Yorick?
How the original Globe Theatre was destroyed