Act V
Tragic Deaths
Characters
Literary Terms
Plot
100

Shakespeare most likely chose to have the gravedigger use prose in Scene 1 

what is to provide comic relief?
100

Queen feels guilt over the death of Polonius at her son’s hand.

Why Gertrude can't face Ophelia?

100
He is the King of Denmark.
Who is Claudius?
100
These words are spoken by actors in a play.
What is dialogue?
100

He resolves to follow Fortinbras’s example and pursue his object of vengeance with passion.

What is Hamlet's final decision to follow through and kill Claudius.
200

“Since no man of aught he leaves knows, what is ’t to leave betimes? Let be.”

  What is the quotation that shows Hamlet's feeling about death?

200

Hamlet’s death appear accidental.

What is the reason that Claudius convinces Laertes to kill Hamlet in a joust.
200
She is the queen of Denmark and married Hamlet's uncle.
Who is Gertrude?
200
An aside.
What is an unspoken thought?
200

the fact that Hamlet is beloved by the Danish people

What is The reason that Claudius can't punish Hamlet in Denmark?
300

the dramatic irony of Hamlet’s wanting to court the favor of Laertes?.

What is the audience knows that Laertes is planning on killing Hamlet.
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! This body part was poisoned and the reason for the death of Old Hamlet.
What is the ear?
300
The prince of Norway?
Who is Fortinbras?
300
A character speaks their thoughts aloud.
What is a soliloquy?
300
                          By calling Rosencrantz this, Hamlet is showing that Rosencratz is easily manipulated and can't be trusted.
What is a sponge?
400

Hamlet’s allusion to Alexander the Great in the graveyard scene (Scene 1, lines 201–202) develops the idea that

What is to show that death is the great equalizer?
400
Hamlet accidentally killed this person, mistaking him for Claudius.
Who is Polonius?
400

He was King Hamlet's jester.

Who is Yorik?
400
An example of this is, Hamlet and Horatio knowing that Claudius killed Old Hamlet.
What is dramatic irony?
400

maintains her greater allegiance to Claudius.

Why Gertrude tells Claudius what Hamlet told her not to do?
500

the king ends up killing the person he loves most.

What is poetic justice when it comes to the King.
500

At the beginning of Act IV Scene 1, Claudius responds to the news that Hamlet has killed Polonius by saying, “It had been so with us, had we been there.”

What is fear that it might have been him who had been killed?
500
He came to Hamlet to convince him to joust with Laertes?
Who is Osric?
500
Horatio is this to Hamlet; the Queen to Ophelia.
What is foil?
500

“For like the hectic in my blood he rages, / And thou must cure me.”

Why Claudius wants the King of England to kill Hamlet?
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