Said of Claudius "A little more than kin and less than kind."
Who is Hamlet
100
The setting is this castle and country.
What is Elsinor Castle in Denmark.
100
Says to Ophelia "If with too credent ear you list his songs,
Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open
To his unmastered importunity,
Fear it"
Who is Laertes.
100
Genre of work designed to be performed on stage by actors.
What is Drama.
200
The close friend to Hamlet who was brought to confirm the apparition's appearance.
Who is Horatio
200
Said "Let us impart what we have seen tonight
Unto young Hamlet, for, upon my life,
This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him."
Who is Horatio.
200
The length of time between the King's death and the queen's second marriage.
What is approximately two months.
200
Says "'Seems,' madam? Nay, it is. I know not 'seems'"
Who is Hamlet.
200
When Shakespeare writes:
"The time is out of joint. O cursed spite
that ever I was born to set it right!"
This is an example of this poetic device.
What is a rhyming couplet, or couplet.
300
The Prince of Denmark
Who is Hamlet!
300
Said "With an auspicious and a dropping eye,
With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage,
In equal scale weighing delight and dole-
Taken to wife..."
Who is Claudius.
300
Where Claudius sends Cornelius and Voltimand.
Where is Norway.
300
Says "What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord,
Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff"
Who is Horatio
300
A work of drama in which the main character meets an unhappy ending, usually death.
What is a Tragedy.
400
After the death of King Hamlet, these two are now King and Queen
Who is Claudius and Gertrude.
400
Said "Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted color off,
And let thine eye look like a friend on Denmark."
Who is Gertrude.
400
Hamlet says he will stay in the kingdom rather than return here to study.
Where is Wittenberg.
400
Said "He hath, my lord of late made many tenders
Of his affection to me"
Who is Ophelia.
400
A drama term that refers to a speech given by an actor while he or she is alone on stage.
What is a soliloquy.
500
Looking to take advantage of King Hamlet's death, he has demanded that land surrendered be returned.
Who is Fortinbras (young Fortinbras)
500
Said "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder."
Who is the Ghost.
500
The request the Ghost makes of Hamlet.
What is "Take revenge for his horrible murder, that crime against nature."
500
Said "I would not, in plain terms, from this time forth,
Have you so slander any moment leisure,
As to give words or talk with the Lord Hamlet."
Who is Polonius.
500
When Hamlet say of his mother "Like Niobe, all tears -..."
and when comparing Claudius to his father "...but no more like my father Than I to Hercules."
Shakespeare uses this literary device of an indirect reference to a historical figure.