Plot Structure
Quotes
Characters
Tragic Hero
Miscellaneous
100
The climax of the story.
What is Hamlet's decision to not kill Claudius?
100
This speech is about Hamlet's choosing either to live or die.
What is "To be or not to be"?
100
The first character to die in the play.
Who is Polonius?
100
A character trait that ultimately leads to destruction.
What is a tragic flaw?
100
The country in which Hamlet is based.
What is Denmark?
200
Hamlet's murder of Polonius is an example of this.
What is Falling Action?
200
Hamlet asks this character: "Do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?"
Who is Guildenstern?
200
The only major character to survive the play.
Who is Horatio?
200
The trait that ultimately leads to Hamlet's destruction.
What is his indecisiveness?
200
"For who would bear the whips and scorns of time" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
300
The Mouse-Trap is an example of this.
What is Rising Action?
300
Hamlet asks this character: "Why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?"
Who is Ophelia?
300
This important character is not in the final two acts.
Who is the Ghost?
300
This is Hamlet's point of no return.
What is when he agrees to the duel with Laertes?
300
"For in that sleep of death what dreams may come" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
400
This is the play's resolution.
What is the final scene when everyone dies?
400
This character says: "I'll be revenged most thoroughly for my father."
Who is Laertes?
400
This character is the first to speak in the play
Who is Barnardo?
400
Hamlet's worse than deserved fate.
What is his death, and the deaths of his loved ones?
400
Hamlet's age, according to the Gravedigger.
What is 30?
500
The part of the play when characters and background are introduced.
What is the exposition?
500
This character said: "This above all: to thine own self be true."
Who is Polonius?
500
Hamlet holds his skull before Ophelia's funeral.
Who is Yorick?
500
Another character that could possibly be considered a tragic hero.
Who is Laertes?
500
This character is Polonius's "replacement".
Who is Osric?
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