Characters
Hamlet's best friend
Who is Horatio?
"A little more than kin and less than kind."
Who is Hamlet?
They see a ghost in Act I, i
Who are Marcellus, Barnardo and Horatio?
The type of meter this play is written in
What is blank verse / unrhymed iambic pentameter?
The definition of satyr. (Hamlet calls his uncle a satyr.)
What is a half man / half goat?
Polonius's two children
Who are Laertes and Ophelia?
Who is Claudius?
Their marriage is announced in Act I, ii
Who are Claudius and Gertrude?
The number of syllables per line in blank verse
What is ten?
The greek mythological character who cried so much she was turned to stone by Zeus? (Hamlet says his mother cried like her.)
Who is Niobe?
Hamlet's mother
Who is Gertrude?
"Do not show me the steep and thorny way to heaven."
Who is Ophelia?
I tell the audience I hate my uncle and mother in Act I, ii.
Who is Hamlet?
"The morn in russet mantle clad walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill."
What is imagery?
The definition of "cap a pie" (the way the ghost looked).
What is armed from "head to toe?"
Hamlet's uncle
"This above all, to thine own self be true."
Who is Polonius?
What is, "Stay away from Hamlet."
When a character says something meant only for the audience's ears; other characters cannot hear it
What is an aside?
The definition of "green girl." (Polonius calls Ophelia a "green girl.")
What is naive?
The man trying to go to war with Denmark over land
Who is Fortinbras from Norway?
"The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown."
Who is the ghost / King Hamlet?
The ghost reveals this in Act I, v.
What is: tells Hamlet how he was killed by Claudius?
When a character speaks alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
"Springes to catch woodcocks."
What are traps to catch birds?