Character Webs
This term describes how characters are connected and influence each other in a story.
What is a character web?
Revenge in literature usually begins with this type of event.
What is a betrayal or murder?
A coming-of-age story focuses on this type of change.
What is personal growth or maturity?
Conflict between two characters is called this.
What is Man vs Man?
This Disney character seeks revenge for his father, similar to Hamlet.
Who is Simba from The Lion King?
In Hamlet, this character becomes king after murdering Hamlet’s father.
Who is Claudius?
The ghost tells Hamlet to do this.
What is avenge his death?
This moment marks when a character realizes the truth about their situation.
What is a realization or turning point?
Conflict within a character’s mind is called this.
What is Man vs Self?
Both Hamlet and Simba are motivated by this event.
What is the death of their father?
This character’s death triggers Hamlet’s emotional and psychological spiral.
Who is King Hamlet?
This is the difference between revenge and justice.
Revenge is personal/emotional, justice is fair/legal.
Hamlet struggles with this internal issue throughout the play.
What is indecision or self-doubt?
Hamlet vs Claudius is an example of this conflict.
What is Man vs Man?
This is one key difference: Simba chooses this instead of revenge at the end.
What is responsibility/growth?
This character is caught between loyalty to her father and love for Hamlet.
Who is Ophelia?
In Titus Andronicus, revenge leads to this extreme outcome.
What is mass violence/death?
This type of conflict shows a character debating their own choices.
What is Man vs Self?
A character struggling against society’s expectations shows this conflict.
What is Man vs Society?
Name one similarity between modern revenge stories and Shakespeare’s.
(Any) betrayal, emotional motivation, consequences
Explain how one character’s decision causes a chain reaction affecting at least two others.
Claudius kills King Hamlet → Hamlet seeks revenge → Ophelia’s life collapses.
Name one negative consequence of revenge in Shakespeare.
(Any) Death, madness, destruction of relationships.
Explain one way Hamlet changes from the beginning to the end of the play.
(Example) He goes from hesitant to taking action.
Identify TWO types of conflict Hamlet experiences.
Man vs Self + Man vs Man
Explain why Shakespeare’s themes still apply today.
(Example) Human emotions like revenge and growth are timeless.