Who Said It?
SWEAR
Who is the ghost of King Hamlet?
Claudius' wife
Who is Queen Gertrude?
This person was the king of Denmark before Claudius
Who was King Hamlet?
This person is Hamlet's girlfriend
Who is Ophelia?
What is so that he can marry the queen and become king of Denmark?
To thine own self be true
Who is Polonius?
Claudius' response to Hamlet's grief
What is He tells him to get over it, that time has gone by, everyone loses their father eventually, and it is time to move on?
Who is Fortinbras?
Hamlet accuses the king and queen of recycling the meat from this event to use for the dinner at their wedding
What is King Hamlet's funeral?
The reason that the ghost appears to Hamlet
What is to tell him how he truly died and ask him to get revenge?
To be or not to be, that is the question
Who is Hamlet?
This was the method used to Claudius to murder his brother
What was he poured poison down his ear?
The Danish citizens are preparing for war by doing these preparations
What is building cannons/creating new weaponry?
This character is Ophelia's father, and his favorite thing to do is give ________
Who is Polonius and fatherly advice?
The reason that Shakespeare has Hamlet rationally explain his directions to the actors then has him back in "Crazy mode" when Polonius walks in
What is to show the audience that Hamlet isn't really crazy and it's all an act
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Who is Marcellus?
Claudius calls for the lights to go back on during the play after this person freaks out
Who is Polonius?
This country is where Fortinbras says his final destination for war is when he asks King Claudius if he can have safe passage through Denmark
What is Poland?
These are Hamlet's two childhood friends that Claudius has enlisted to spy on him; Hamlet then accuses them of playing him like a ________
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and what is a flute?
The primary reason Hamlet acts insane
What is so that he can investigate Claudius without it being obvious by creating a distraction?
Character who says these lines, who they say them too: "Do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?"
Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Claudius can be described by these character traits (name 3 and think complexity).
What are: deceptive/liar, manipulative, power-hungry, jealous, threatened, cruel/mean/harsh, persuasive, careful, articulate, intelligent, cold/calculating
This is a two parter:
When the "Mousetrap" play is done, Claudius sends word to the king of _________ that he is sending Hamlet there. He then asks the king to _______ Hamlet.
This describes Claudius' motivation to do this
What is England and kill?
What is the play exposed the truth of what happened to King Hamlet and that Claudius was the one who murdered him. Because Hamlet knows, Claudius feels the need to get rid of him.
This is the advice that Laertes and Polonius both give to Ophelia and why they think so
What is stay away from/break up with Hamlet because he is only using her, they are of different classes/stations in life, he doesn't really love her and only likes her for her beauty, he will break her heart and move on?
The reason that Marcellus thinks something is rotten in Denmark
What is because the ghost appears in military regalia, which communicates to the audience that the country needs to prepare for battle