Characters
This prince of Denmark is the main character of the play.
Who is Hamlet?
“To be, or not to be” is spoken during this famous type of speech.
What is a soliloquy?
The ghost reveals that he was murdered by this person.
Who is Claudius?
Hamlet’s main goal throughout most of the play.
What is revenge?
“Thou” is Shakespeare’s word for this modern pronoun.
What is “you”?
Hamlet’s mother who quickly marries Claudius after King Hamlet’s death.
Who is Gertrude?
Something is rotten in the state of _____.”
What is Denmark?
Hamlet stages this play to test Claudius’s guilt.
What is “The Mousetrap”?
Yorick’s skull symbolizes this unavoidable reality.
What is death or mortality?
A long speech delivered alone on stage revealing a character’s thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
This character becomes king after murdering his own brother.
Who is Claudius?
Though this be madness, yet there is _____ in’t.”
What is method?
Hamlet accidentally kills this character while he is hiding behind a curtain.
Who is Polonius?
Hamlet often struggles to separate appearance from this opposite idea.
What is reality or truth?
Shakespeare frequently writes Hamlet in this style of unrhymed poetic verse.
What is blank verse?
Hamlet’s loyal friend who survives at the end of the play.
Who is Horatio?
Hamlet tells Ophelia to go to this place repeatedly during their confrontation.
What is a nunnery?
Ophelia dies after falling into this natural feature.
What is a river or brook?
Ophelia’s flowers symbolize emotions, memory, and this larger idea.
What is madness?
Words that hint at future events are an example of this literary device.
What is foreshadowing?
This young nobleman seeks revenge for the death of his father, Polonius.
Who is Laertes?
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks” is spoken by this character.
Who is Gertrude?
Hamlet is sent to this country before returning to Denmark.
What is England?
The corruption in Denmark reflects this major theme throughout the play.
What is moral decay or corruption?
Hamlet calling Denmark “an unweeded garden” is an example of this literary device.
What is a metaphor?