"To Be or Not to Be"
In his Act 3 soliloquy, Hamlet weighs whether “to be” or not to be, meaning whether to do this.
What is continue living or end his suffering?
These two characters hide to spy on Hamlet and Ophelia.
Who are King Claudius and Polonius?
Hamlet asks this loyal friend to watch Claudius during the play.
Who is Horatio?
Hamlet denies ever doing this for Ophelia when she returns his gifts.
What is loving her?
This character is extremely proud of successfully catching the king’s conscience.
Who is Hamlet?
This fear is what Hamlet says makes people endure life's hardships.
What is the fear of the unknown after death?
Claudius decides to send Hamlet to this country after the scene.
What is England?
The play Hamlet stages is known by this nickname.
What is “The Mousetrap”?
Hamlet criticizes this institution while speaking with Ophelia.
What is marriage?
Hamlet instructs the players to perform in this style, neither too wild nor too stiff.
What is naturally?
What does Hamlet describe throughout his soliloquy?
What is hardships that people go through?
Polonius believes Hamlet is mad for this reason.
What is being lovesick for Ophelia?
The play reenacts the murder of King Hamlet by showing the killing of a king in this location.
What is a garden?
After the play, Hamlet exchanges sarcastic, pun-filled remarks with these two “friends.”
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
Hamlet’s main goal in staging the play is to test this person’s guilt.
Who is Claudius?
Hamlet’s speech occurs just before this character enters.
Who is Ophelia?
Polonius proposes spying on Hamlet again while he meets with this character.
Who is Gertrude?
Claudius reacts to the play by doing this.
What is abruptly stopping the performance?
After the play, Hamlet is summoned to speak with this person.
Who is his mother, Gertrude?
The heightened reaction Claudius shows during the poisoning scene reveals his involvement in this crime.
What is the murder of King Hamlet?
Hamlet is not impulsively suicidal; he is doing this about life and death.
What is philosophically evaluating them?
This character pretends her meeting with Hamlet is accidental.
Who is Ophelia?
Claudius’s reaction confirms for Hamlet that this character’s story was true.
Who is the Ghost?
Hamlet tells Ophelia to “get thee to” this place.
What is a nunnery?
While Claudius seeks political and personal protection by sending Hamlet away, Hamlet prepares for this tense meeting that ends the act.
What is his confrontation with Gertrude?