Quotes
"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below/Words without thoughts never to heaven go." Claudius realizes this
What is that he cannot repent?
Best friend of Hamlet
Who is Horatio?
Laertes and Polonius both give Ophelia this advice
What is do not have anything more to do with Hamlet since he will never marry a woman who is not a royal?
Hamlet does not kill Claudius while he is "praying"
What is irony?
Many people are spying on each other which indicates this theme
What is deception?
When Hamlet says, "Frailty, thy name is woman," he refers to this character
Who is Gertrude/ Queen/his mother?
Claudius has all these traits except one: courage, self-respect, political ability, and intelligence
What is self respect?
Ophelia makes Hamlet even angrier when she says this
What is "At home, my lord" ?
He is without arms/ he who digs without arms
What is a pun?
Hamlet went to this school
What is Wittenberg?
When she says, "The lady doth protest too much," Gertrude is discussing this
What is the Player Queen saying that she will never remarry if the Player King dies?
He believes that Hamlet has gone mad because of Ophelia's dismissal of him
Who is Polonius?
This event convinces Hamlet that Claudius is the murderer of his father
What is the play?
Frailty, thy name is woman is an example of this literary term
What is apostrophe?
Real name and Hamlet's name for the play
What are Murder of Gonzago and The Mousetrap?
Speaker and Reason: "Though it be madness, there's method in it"
Who is Polonius and questioning if Hamlet is really mad or if he is faking it?
He is the messenger who tells Hamlet about the duel between Laertes and Hamlet
Who is Osric?
"Get thee to a nunnery" means this
What is Hamlet does not want Ophelia to marry or have children?
All are themes except this one: revenge, isolation, insignificance of man, death is inevitable, man's struggle with destiny, deception
What is man's struggle with destiny?
King Hamlet's castle
What is Elsinore?
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" is said by this person
Who is Marcellus?
King Hamlet's jester
Who was Yorick?
Hamlet is able to change Claudius' letter with his because of this
What is his father's seal?
The defeat of death of a hero, character's downfall due to a tragic flaw, and hero wins some self knowledge are characteristics of this
What is tragedy?
Claudius poisoned the wine by using this object
What is a pearl?