Who's that Pokemon?
(Name that Character)
Major Plot Points
AP Lit Devices
Who would say something like that?? (Quotes)
100

Who is the main character of the play, and rightful heir to the stolen throne?

Who is Hamlet?

100

Which character is dead before the play starts?

Who is King Hamlet?

100

What literary device is used in a quote like this one, when Hamlet says, “Words, words, words” (Act 2, Scene 2)

What is Repetition?

100

Which character said this famous quote?

"To be, or not to be? That is the question--"

Who is Hamlet?

200

This character is referred to by the Ghost as "that incestuous, that adulterate beast" who won the Queen over with "witchcraft of his wit."

Who is Claudius?

200

This character is killed by Hamlet whilst eavesdropping behind a tapestry.

Who is Polonius?

200

What literary device is used when Hamlet refers to Denmark as a prison? 

Direct Quote: “Denmark’s a prison” (Act 2 Scene 2)

What is a Metaphor?

200

Which two characters had this exchange?

"I did love you once."

"Indeed, my lord you made me believe so."

"You should not have believed me...I loved you not."

Who are Hamlet and Ophelia?

300

Hamlet verbally assaults his former lover, this woman, "Get thee to a nunnery: why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?"

Who is Ophelia?

300

This event leads to the deaths of Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes and Hamlet near the end of the play.

What is the duel between Laertes and Hamlet?

300

What lit device is used during the scene when Hamlet says, “To be or not to be is the question?” (Act 3 Scene 1)

What is a soliloquy?

300
Which character said this near the beginning of the play?


"If thou didst ever thy dear father love...Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder."

Who is King Hamlet? (Also acceptable: What is King Hamlet's Ghost?)
400

Claudius manipulates this man by praising his reputation for "fencing," in order to get him to try and kill Hamlet in a duel?

Who is Laertes?

400

After Hamlet rewrites a letter during his voyage to England, these two characters are presumed executed instead of him. 

Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

400
What literary device is used when King Hamlet insinuates that revenge will be ensued? (Act I)

What is Foreshadowing?

400

Which character said this?

"O Hamlet, speak no more!/Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul/And there I see such black and grained spots/As will not leave their tinct."

Translated: "Oh, Hamlet, stop! You're making me look into my very soul, where the marks of sin are so thick and black they will never be washed away."

Who is Gertrude? (Also acceptable: Who is the Queen?)

500

Who is the young Norwegian prince, looking to retake his father's lost land from a war with Denmark?

Who is Fortinbras?

500

Ophelia gives this herb to Laertes after their father is killed, symbolizing remembrance?

What is Rosemary?

500

In Act 5, Scene 1, Yorick's skull is a representation of the inevitability of death, and the futility of life. What lit device is being used there?

What is Symbolism?

500

Which character said this?

Translated: "Some might marry a second time for money, but never for love. Any time I kissed my second husband in bed, I'd kill the first one all over again."


Who is one of Hamlet's Actors?

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