How Are They Related?
Tragic Deaths
Characters
Which Act?
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

The soliloquy that begins with "to be or not to be" appears in the play, Hamlet.

What is Act III, Scene I?

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

Claudius uses the phrase "unmanly grief" when referring to how Hamlet is grieving over his father. 

What is Act 1, Scene II?

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 is coming to Denmark from Paris, which causes Claudius to grow even more fearful.  

Who is Laertes?

300

Hamlet worries that he doesn't know what comes after death, and it might be worse than life in the "To be or not to be" soliloquy, 

What is Act II, Scene I?

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 and at the end of Act V becomes the king of Denmark. 

Who is Fortinbras?

400

This recurring motif Shakespeare has used to develop the theme of manipulation is a body part, which appears multiple times throughout the play.

Act 1, Scene V

Act IV, Scene II

Act IV, Scene VI

What is the ear or hearing?

400

This person is the protagonist of the story.


This person is the antagonist of the story.

Who is Hamlet?


Who is Claudius?

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

Hamlet is talking about DEATH with Horatio when he uses the word "it" in the quote, "If it be now, "it's not to come.  If it be not to come, it will be now.  If it be not now, yet it will come.  The readiness is all."

What is Act V, scene II?

500

Hamlet did not want to murder someone while they were praying.  

What is he didn't want to send them to heaven?

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