Characters
This is the Prince of Denmark and the play’s main character.
Who is Hamlet?
At the start of the play, Hamlet sees this spooky figure.
What is the ghost of his father (King Hamlet)?
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet during this period.
What is the Elizabethan era?
This is the shape of the Globe Theatre.
What is a circle?
These are the three genres that Shakespeare wrote in.
What is comedy, history and tragedy?
This is Hamlet's mother.
Who is Gertrude?
Hamlet pretends to act this way after learning the truth about his father’s death.
What is madness?
In Shakespeare’s time, men had more power than women.
What is a patriarchal society?
People who stood to watch the play were called this.
What are Groundlings?
Shakespeare wrote his plays using this type of rhythm.
What is iambic pentameter?
Claudius holds this relationship to Hamlet.
What is an uncle? Or what is a stepfather?
This is the reason Hamlet is upset with his mother.
Why did she marry his uncle so quickly after his father’s death?
This was the expected way men and women should behave in romantic relationships, especially in noble families.
What is courtly love?
The Globe Theatre was located in this place.
What is Southwark?
Hamlet speaks directly to himself in long speeches called this.
What is a soliloquy?
He is a loyal friend to Hamlet who sees the ghost with him.
Who is Horatio?
Polonius believes Hamlet is acting strangely because of this.
What is love for Ophelia?
This was the ruling monarch when Hamlet was written.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
The flag flying above the Globe showed this.
What genre of play was being performed?
Shakespeare often used this type of character for comic relief.
What is a fool/clown?
These two characters are summoned by Claudius to spy on Hamlet.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Hamlet plans to use this type of performance to reveal Claudius’s guilt.
What is a play? The Mousetrap
When the ghost says he is “doomed to walk the night,” it shows the belief in this Catholic idea.
What is Purgatory?
This part of the theatre allowed for special effects, like the ghost's entrance.
What is a trapdoor?
This famous phrase begins Hamlet’s soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 1.
What is “To be or not to be”?