Act 1
This was the time that the ghost generally made its appearance.
Shortly after midnight
These are the two characters Claudius gets to keep an eye on Hamlet.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
This character thinks very highly of himself; he likes to talk and thinks he's very intelligent
Who is Polonius?
This person makes a plan with Claudius to kill Hamlet.
Who is Laertes?
Whose skull does the gravedigger dig up? "Alas, poor ____"
Who is Yorick?
Some say overthinking and an inability to act is Hamlet's _____ (a dramatic device that indicates a weakness).
What is hamartia?
This is the relationship between Claudius and Hamlet.
What is uncle/nephew and stepfather/son?
This is the reason Polonius gives for Hamlet's madness
He loves Ophelia.
Who said "rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind"
Who is Ophelia?
How does Ophelia die?
What is drowning?
How does Laertes express his grief for Ophelia at her funeral?
What is jumps into her grave?
This is a speech that one person makes onstage alone.
What is a soliloquy?
These two men warn Ophelia not to trust Hamlet.
Who are Laertes and Polonius?
This is Hamlet's plan to figure out if Claudius is really guilty of what the ghost claims.
What is perform a play of the murder and see how he reacts?
This is the place where Polonius was murdered
Behind the curtain in Gertrude's bedroom.
What is kill Hamlet?
This is how Claudius died.
What is he was stabbed by Hamlet with a poisoned sharpened sword and drank a sip of poison?
Hamlet's desire to get revenge, and Ophelia's need to keep her virginity, are examples of the importance of what theme?
What is honor?
This is the only character the ghost will speak to.
Who is Hamlet?
This is Polonius' plan to see if Hamlet is really crazy in love.
What is spy on him while he talks to Ophelia.
In Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquy, he muses on this.
Whether it is better to live or to die
After her father's death, Ophelia begins to act insane, handing out these objects to Claudius, Laertes and Gertrude.
What are flowers?
Before he dies, Laertes makes this request of Hamlet.
What is forgiveness?
Pirates kidnapping Hamlet and returning him to Denmark is an example of this dramatic device.
What is deus ex machina?
These are the TWO primary requests that the ghost makes.
What are avenge his death and do not harm Gertrude?
Hamlet compared Denmark to this when speaking with his "friends."
a prison
This is why Hamlet doesn't kill Claudius while he prays.
What is he doesn't want him to go to Heaven.
This is the literary device Claudius used in his statement, "Do it, England/ For like the hectic in my blood he rages/ And thou must cure me."
Hamlet's choice for king as he dies by the poison-tipped sword.
Who is Prince Fortinbras?
These two characters are foils to Prince Hamlet.
Who are Fortinbras & Laertes?