Characters
Quotes
Act 1
Act 2
Surpise!
100
Character who appears as the Ghost.
Who is King Hamlet?
100

"To be or not to be?"

Who is Hamlet?

100

At what time does the ghost appear?

Who is Midnight?

100

How did King Hamlet die?

Who is: His brother poisoned him (in the ear)?

100

What is Laertes' concerns with Ophelia becoming involved with Hamlet? 3-part answer.

She will be heartbroken, he will not love her forever, and she will lose her virginity to him.

200
Mother of Prince Hamlet
Who is Queen Gertrude?
200

How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

Who is King Claudius?

200

The Ghost of the King is doomed to ______________ at night and _________________ during the day until _______________.

Who is: Walk the earth, suffer in flames, the wrongs against him are righted?

200

What does Laertes request from the King?

Who is: Permission to move to France? (Paris also accepted)

200
Laertes says what of Hamlet's love for Ophelia?
It wont last forever, he only loves her as much as the royal family allows.
300
Friend of Hamlet, smart, attended Whittenberg with Hamlet.
Who is Horatio?
300

The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown.

Who is King Hamlet's Ghost?

300

After seeing his father's ghost, Hamlet makes Bernardo, Marcellus, and Horatio...

Who is: Swear not to speak of what they saw?

300

Why does King Claudius send two soldiers to Norway? Who are they meeting and what will they take?

They are to take a letter to the bedridden uncle of Fortinbras explaining the terror his nephew has begun and his plans to attack Denmark.

300
When Hamlet is following the ghost, why is Horatio worried?
He fears the ghost will change shapes, harm Hamlet, kill Hamlet, or drive Hamlet mad.
400
Father of Ophelia & Laertes
Who is Polonius?
400

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Who is Marcellus?

400

What does Horatio assume the appearance of the ghost to mean? 3-part answer.

Who is: 1. Unfinished business 2. Buried treasure 3. Bad things will happen to Denmark?

400

What does Polonius present to the king to prove Hamlet's madness?

A love letter to Ophelia.

400

Where is King Hamlet when he is murdered?

Sleeping in his orchard.

500
Hamlet's two friends who end up being spies for the king.
Who are Rosencrantz & Guildenstern?
500

A little more than kin and less than kind.

Who is Hamlet?

500
Marcellus & Horatio notice that the ghost fades away when...

Who is the rooster crowed?

500

What is learned from the Ghost King's speech about: Gertrude, Claudius, Hamlet, and Himself?

Gertrude is innocent, Claudius murdered him, Hamlet is to avenge his death, and he may not rest until he avenged.

500

Translate: O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! Who said this? Why?

Who is Hamlet. He wishes to cease to exist so that all his problems/worries will melt away.

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