Characters 1
This character appears to the guards at the opening of the play.
the ghost of King Hamlet
Hamlet's mother
Queen Gertrude
What advice does Laertes give his sister, Ophelia, regarding Hamlet?
do not fall for the Prince
Repetition of the beginning sound in two or more words
alliteration
defeated joy
oxymoron
Hamlet is supposedly "madly" in love with this character.
Ophelia
Ophelia's brother
Laertes
What does Queen Gertrude tell Hamlet to do after his father's recent death?
Stop wearing black clothes; stop mourning your father; be friendlier towards King Claudius
giving human-like characteristics to inanimate objects, abstract ideas, etc.
personification
"In what particular thought to work I know not,
But in the gross and scope of mine opinion
This bodes some strange eruption to our state."
foreshadowing
Laertes and Ophelia's father
Polonius
the current King of Denmark
King Claudius
What do people of Denmark know about the cause of King Hamlet's death?
he was bit by a poisonous snake while napping in the garden
a character trait that leads to the character's downfall
fatal flaw
"But I am forbid
To tell the secrets of my prison house."
metaphor
This character is threatening to attack Denmark to reclaim land lost by his father
Young Fortinbras
Hamlet's friend
Horatio
What is Claudius's response to the threat/demands made by Young Fortinbras?
He sends messengers to the King of Norway to stop his nephew's plans
extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
"Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres"
alliteration
Name the three guards
Barnardo, Fransisco, and Marcellus
Who are Voltemand and Cornelius?
messengers
List two pieces of advice that Polonius gives his son.
don't speak your thoughts; don't act without thinking; don't get into fights, but if you do, defend yourself; wear nice clothes; make friends; hold onto good friends; be true to yourself; do not borrow or lend money
repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive sentences or clauses
anaphora
"Oh, all you hosts of heaven! Oh, earth!"
apostrophe