Character Names
The main character in the play.
Hamlet!
Denmark!
Hamlet is upset due to these two events.
Who first sees the ghost?
*Royalty, guards, cooks, maids, etc.
Guards!
Ophelia tells who that Hamlet appeared disheveled and a mess.
Polonius
The name of the current king.
Claudius!
King Fortinbras' country/enemy country at first.
Norway!
Who feels they need to tell Hamlet?
Horatio!
Who does Polonius share the information about Hamlet's madness with?
The King and Queen
Hamlet's love interest.
Ophelia!
The country where Laertes asks permission King Claudius to go?
France!
Hamlet decides to act how toward the king, queen, and other characters? He swears Horatio, Marcellus, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern not to share this.
Mad/Crazy/Insane
Why don't Horatio and Marcellus want Hamlet to go speak to the ghost alone?
What if it is an ill-intentioned spirit or the spirit will harm Hamlet.
What is Polonius' plan to see if Hamlet is truly insane?
He and Claudius in the curtains to spy on him.
Hamlet's friend who tells him about the ghost.
The name of the castle.
Elsinore!
What does Polonius instruct Ophelia to do in regards to Hamlet?
Reject his letters, don't spend time with him, ghost him
What makes the ghost disappear?
Morning/rooster crowing
Who do the King and Queen order to court to spy on Hamlet?
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Ophelia's brother/Polonius' son
Laertes!
Where did King Hamlet die?
The garden/orchard
Why are Gertrude and Claudius frustrated with Hamlet at the start of the play?
He's been mourning/upset too long.
What revenge does the ghost want against Claudius and Gertrude?
Kill Claudius, let Gertrude live consumed by guilt for marrying her husband's brother
Polonius asks/pays Reynaldo to do what?
Spy on his son in France!