This is a physical reminder and symbol of the finality and inevitability of death.
What is Yorick's Skull
100
Two of Hamlet's former friends who are sent by Gertrude and Claudius to find the cause of Hamlet's strange behavior.
Who is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
100
Shakespeare's only son, who died at age 11 from the black plague.
What is Hamnet?
200
Act 1 Scene 3, and Act 3 Scene 1 show this theme
What is Appearance vs. reality?
200
Hamlet is afraid of this. He goes back and forth
What is death?
200
Ophelia implies that these represent that there is no more faithfulness after her father died
What is the dead violets?
200
Bernardo relieves him of his watch duties
Who is Francisco?
200
This was going on during the time period Hamlet was written and had to do with religion.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
300
This theme is something that is still an issue today. Ophelia and Gertrude are subject to this and is an issue in the time period written.
What is submission of women to men?
300
Hamlet starts to go mad because of this
What is Claudius kills Hamlet Sr.?
300
A daisy, referenced by Ophelia before her death, symbolizes this.
What is Innocence?
300
The death of this person may or may not have been an accident, and the question of a proper Christian funeral came up. Was looked at lustfully by Hamlet.
Who is Ophelia
300
Time period Shakespeare wrote his plays.
What is Elizabethan Era?
400
Hamlet debates the question of whether suicide is an effective solution to the pain he is experiencing: the difficulty is that we do not know what to expect in an afterlife. This shows the theme of
What is Mortality/THe Mystery of death?
400
Hamlet kills them after discovering the plot for his own assassination.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
400
In this scene, Hamlet realizes that life is only temporary and that eventually we will all die, no matter how we lived
What is the gravedigger scene?
400
This character could be argued to be just a figment of Hamlet's mad mind, as Hamlet is the only one who has dialogue with this character
Who is the Ghost?
400
Shakespeare alluded to both categories in Hamlet
What is Biblical and Mythological Allusions?
500
What happens within Hamlet's family is an example of what major theme?
What is Moral Corruption?
500
The king was bitten by a poisonous snake.
What is Lie told by Claudius about Hamlet Sr.'s death?
500
This is highlighting the deception, illusion and role-playing of major characters in the play; also as holding a mirror up to nature, exposing the corruption of the court.
What is Actors/Theatre?
500
These two characters exemplify the newer thinking generation, embracing new ideals of the renaissance and also the idea of friendship of the rich and poor, which was uncommon in this time
Who is Hamlet and Horatio?
500
This was very important in this era, but feuds and murders within royal families proved that this was corrupt.