Characters
Quotes
Scene Questions 1
Scene Questions 2
Vocabulary
100
Character who appears as the Ghost.
Who is King Hamlet?
100
"To be or not to be?"
Hamlet
100

At what time does the ghost appear?

around midnight

100
How did King Hamlet die?
His brother poisoned him (in the ear).
100

Visage

face

200
Mother of Prince Hamlet
Who is Queen Gertrude?
200

"He hath, my lord, of late made many tenders

Of his affection to me.

Who is Ophelia

200

Polonius advises Ophelia to do what in regards to Hamlet?

Stay away from him and not return his affection.

200
What does Laertes request from the King?
Permission to move back to France.
200

Anon

"Anon comes in a fellow"

Shortly, soon

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.
King Hamlet's Ghost
300

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

Swear not to speak of what they saw.

300

Who do Claudius and Gertrude ask to spy on Hamlet?

Rosencrantz and Guilderstern

300

Pestilent

" it appears no other thing to
me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours. "

Disease or Plague

400
Father of Ophelia & Laertes
Who is Polonius?
400

"Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit . . I will be brief: your noble son is mad."

Polonius

400

The ghost is doomed until  what happens?

His death is avenged. (Claudius is killed)

400

What does Hamlet chastise himself for?

Thinking too much, being a coward who is unable to act.
400

Mirth

"With an auspicious and a dropping eye,
With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage, " (2.1)

Joy

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.
Hamlet
500

What was the official story of how King Hamlet died?

He was bit by a serpent in his garden.

500

How does Hamlet plan to prove Claudius' guilt?

Have Claudius attend the play and see how he reacts

500

expostulate

"My liege, and madam, to expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is,
Why day is day, night night, and time is time,
Were nothing but to waste night, day and time.
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit," (2.2)

make a speech about

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