Action
Context
Analysis
Movie
100
This man jumps into Ophelia's grave.
Who is Laertes?
100
This is Laertes' relationship to Ophelia.
What is a brother?
100
This theme is shown by Laertes' argument with the priest over Ophelia's last rites.
What is religion?
100
Out of time period, setting, and characters, they changed this element of the movie version.
What is time period?
200
Hamlet says this many brothers couldn't match his love for Ophelia.
What is 40,000?
200
This was how Ophelia died.
What is drowning?
200
This event further contributes to the theme of mortality and the uncertainty of death, towards the end of our scene.
What is Ophelia's burial?
200
This is the distinguishing feature that shows us the skull from the grave really is from Yorick.
What are teeth?
300
The two grave diggers are arguing about this when they're digging Ophelia's grave.
What is suicide?
300
Ophelia went crazy because of...
What is her father's death?
300
Yorick's skull is a symbol of this.
What is mortality?
300
This man plays Hamlet in our movie adaptation.
Who is Kenneth Branagh?
400
Hamlet wonders if Alexander the Great's remains are doing this.
What is stopping a hole in a beer barrel?
400
This is the name and former job of the owner of the skull Hamlet contemplates.
What is Yorick the jester?
400
Queen Gertrude drops these flowers, a symbol of chastity, into Ophelia's grave.
What are violets?
400
This element is said to be the greatest factor in bodily decay according to the gravedigger.
What is water?
500
Hamlet argues Laertes can't equal him in this.
What is grieving Ophelia?
500
The grave diggers wonder if Ophelia deserves a Christian burial because her death may have been this.
What is suicide?
500
Hamlet finally confessing his love for Ophelia after pretending he hated her for so long contributes to this theme.
What is appearance vs. reality?
500
This cinematic element changes when Hamlet has a flashback to his happy days with Yorick.
What is lighting?
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