Characters
Important Items
Quotations
Setting
Miscellaneous
100
Who is the protagonist of the play?
Who is Hamlet?
100
This tragedy happens even before the play even begins.
What is the murder of Old King Hamlet?
100
"...But you must know, your father lost a father; that father, lost, lost his, and the survivor bound in filial obligation for some term to obsequious (appopriate to funeral rites) sorrow. But to persevere in obstinate condolement (grief) is a course of impious stubbornness. 'Tis unmanly grief;..."
What was one quote Cladius said when chastising Hamlet?
100
The country that the play is set in
What is Denmark?
100
Francisco said this line, which could have later been borrowed for a famous Christmas story, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.'
"Who said: 'Not a mous stirring?' ?"
200
This person is the new king of Denmark.
Who is Claudius?
200
He had confidence and money because he owned the Globe Theater and his prior play -- Julius Caesar -- was wildly successful.
Who is Shakespeare?
200
"I shall the effect of this good lesson keep as watchman to my heart. But, good my brother, do not, as some ungracious pastors do, show me the steep and thorny way to heaven, whiles, like a puffed and reckless libertine, himself the primrose path of dalliance treats and decks not his own rede."
What did Ophelia say to warn Laertes not to be a hypocrite?
200
These countries are at risk at being at war now that old Hamlet are dead.
What are Norway and Denmark?
200
She married his uncle only a couple months after his father was dead.
Who is Queen Gertrude?
300
These words would describe the negative actions of the leader of the kingdom.
What is corrupt, sneaky and a murderer?
300
This is the name of the kingdom.
What is Elsinore?
300
"The serpent that did Sting thy father's life Now wears his crown"
What did the ghost (or Old Hamlet) say to reveal that his brother killed him?
300
This is where Ophelia get advice from her Laeretes, her brother; and Polonious, her father.
Where is a room in Polonious' house?
300
Seek revenge against your uncle, but not your mother.
What does the ghost ask Hamlet (his son) to do?
400
The first two guards introduced in Scene 1
Who are Bernardo and Francisco?
400
These are the first two people who see the ghost
Who are Horatio and Marcellus?
400
"A little more than kin, and less than kind!"
Who is Hamlet?
400
This is the country where the play takes place.
What is Denmark?
400
These men do this to reassure Hamlet about their loyalty to him.
What do Horatio and Marcellus swear not to do on their swords to make sure no one knows about the King being murdered?
500
This is the Prince of Norway
Who is Fortinbras?
500
He is the first to warn Ophelia about her romance with Hamlet.
Who is Laertes?
500
"Therefore our sometime sister, now our Queen Th' imperial jointress to this warlike state, Have we, as 'twere with a defeated joy,..."
Who is King Claudius?
500
This is the country where Laeretes attends school.
What is France?
500
He fears that Hamlet will use her and not marry her.
Who is Polonious?
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