What's in a Name?
Hamlet's uncle/king/stepfather
Who is Claudius?
Hamlet's royal title
What is Prince of Denmark
a literary technique used to provide clues for the reader to be able to predict what might occur later on in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
What is the 16th century?
How Hamlet's father died
What is poison poured in ear (while sleeping) by Claudius?
A literary technique in which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed within a sentence, creating a balancing effect. Ex: "Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell?"
What is antithesis?
Hamlet's mother
Who is Gertrude?
Gertrude's title
What is Queen of Denmark?
a clever form of wordplay that plays with multiple meanings or similar word sounds, often to create a comedic effect
What is a pun?
The name of Shakespeare's famous theatre
What is The Globe?
Both drank poison and died.
Who are Gertrude and Claudius?
What is comic relief?
Hamlet's best friend and confidant
Who is Horatio?
Ophelia's connection to Hamlet
What is his girlfriend?
A reference to well-known historical events/people or literature (stories/characters)
Claudius's comparing his story to the biblical story of Cain and Abel is an example of this.
What is an allusion?
The number of women who acted in Shakespeare's plays
What is 0 (zeo)?
Both killed by poisonous sword
Who are Laertes and Hamlet?
Term for when good is rewarded and evil is punished
What is poetic justice?
Who is Polonius?
What is Prince of Norway?
Often seen as a stage direction, this is part of an actor's lines that are supposed to only be heard by audience and not other characters on stage
What is an aside?
The (contrasting) terms for two types of plays Shakespeare wrote
What are comedies and tragedies?
This person's murder was due to being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Who is Polonius?
term for a fatal flaw
What is hamartia?
Hamlet's friends who spy on him for the King.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Polonius's title
What is Lord Chancellor (counselor/advisor to King)?
A speech that is often used as a device in a drama to disclose a character's innermost thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
What is a Shakespearean sonnet?
Who is Ophelia?
term for renewal
What is catharsis?
summons Hamlet for duel with Laertes and serves as referee for the match
Who is Osric?
The two titles of the play within a play
What are The Murder of Gonzaga and The Mousetrap?
term for a play with a play
What is a meta drama?
Name and demise of Shakespeare's famous theatre
What are the Globe and a cannon fired during performance and burned theatre to the ground?
*The site was rediscovered in the 20th century, and the theatre was rebuilt near the same area.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
term for a seemingly out-of-the-blue event that "saves the day"
What is deus ex machina?