How Are They Related?
Tragic Deaths
Characters
Literary Terms
Plot
100
They are mother and son.
Who are Gertrude and Hamlet?
100
This person killed Old Hamlet.
Who is Claudius?
100
He is the King of Denmark.
Who is Claudius?
100
These words are spoken by actors in a play.
What is dialogue?
100
Laertes came up with this plan to kill Hamlet.
What is poison him?
200
They are brother and sister.
Who are Laertes and Ophelia?
200
She drowned in the lake.
Who is Ophelia?
200
She is the queen of Denmark and married Hamlet's uncle.
Who is Gertrude?
200
An aside.
What is an unspoken thought?
200
This person helps Hamlet keep and eye on Claudius during the play.
Who is Horatio?
300
They were brothers.
Who are Old Hamlet and Claudius?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! This body part was poisoned and the reason for the death of Old Hamlet.
What is the ear?
300
He was King Hamlet's jester.
Who is Yorick?
300
A character speaks their thoughts aloud.
What is a soliloquy?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Hamlet is referring to this person when he says,"Frailty, thy name is woman?"
Who is Gertrude?
400
Hamlet and Horatio.
What is best friends?
400
Hamlet accidentally killed this person, mistaking him for Claudius.
Who is Polonius?
400
He is the prince of Norway.
Who is Fortinbras?
400
An example of this is, Hamlet and Horatio knowing that Claudius killed Old Hamlet.
What is dramatic irony?
400
This person is the protagonist of the story.
Who is Hamlet?
500
They are nephew and uncle.
Who are Hamlet and Claudius?
500
Laertes killed Hamlet with this weapon.
What is a poisoned sword?
500
His brother killed him to claim the throne.
Who is Old Hamlet?
500
Signifies the opposite of its intended meaning.
What is irony?
500
This person is the first to die in Act V due to a poisoned drink.
Who is Gertrude?
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