Characters
The name of Hamlet's father.
Who is Hamlet Sr.?
The country that the play is set in.
What is Denmark?
The identity of the ghost.
Who is the King (Hamlet Sr.)?
The ghost's comparison of King Claudius.
What is a serpent?
Apparition
What is a ghost?
The daughter of Polonius.
Who is Ophelia?
The two countries that are at war with each other.
What is Norway and Denmark?
The method that was used to kill the king.
What is the pouring of poison in his ear?
"Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws to cast thee up again" is a comparison to this person's jaw.
Who is King Hamlet?
Stand, ho!
What is stop?
The names of the two men who were with Hamlet when they saw the ghost.
Who are Horatio and Marcellus?
The time period that Hamlet was set in.
What is the Medieval Period?
The amount of times the ghost appears to Marcellus, and Bernardo
What is three?
"The head is not more native to the heart, the hand more instrumental to the mouth." is King Claudius' comparison to...
What is the throne of Denmark to Hamlet's father?
Canon in the quote, "His canon 'gainst self-slaughter."
What is the law? (His law against suicide)
This character tells Ophelia to break up with Hamlet
Who are Laertes OR Polonius
King Claudius does this late at night.
What is party and drink
The uncertainty regarding the ghost
What is it could be either a demon or Hamlet's father
Hamlet calls this person a satyr
Who is claudius
"a beast that WANTS discourse of reason would have mourned longer"
What is lacks
This character is sweet, innocent, and submissive
Who is Ophelia
A term for when two characters serve as opposites of each other in identical situations
What is foil
The ghost tells Hamlet to leave this person alone.
Who is Queen Gertrude
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
What is like an apple that looks good on the outside but rotten on the inside, there is hidden corruption in denmark
green girl
What is inexperienced, foolish