Shakespeare Background
Shakespeare's father worked in this profession.
What is glovemaking?
This character said: "When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions."
Who is King Claudius?
King Claudius says the following: "And where the offense is, let _____ fall."
What is "the great ax?"
This flower, a symbol of loyalty, was missing from Ophelia's bouquet.
What are violets?
This character is loyal and supports Hamlet until the end.
Who is Horatio?
William Shakespeare married this woman when he was 18 and she was 26.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
This character said: "I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died."
Who is Ophelia?
Hamlet says the following: "Oh, from this time forth, my thoughts be ___, or be nothing worth!"
What is "bloody?"
Hamlet becomes responsible for the deaths of these two characters after rewriting Claudius' letter to the king of England.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
This character storms the castle in Act IV, seeking revenge for his father's death.
Who is Laertes?
Shakespeare was born in this English town.
What is Stratford-upon-Avon?
This character said: "How cheerfully on the false trail they cry. O, this is counter, you false Danish dogs."
Who is Queen Gertrude?
Before jumping into Ophelia's grave, Hamlet says the following: "What is he whose grief bears such an emphasis...like wonder-wounded hearers? This is I, _____."
What is "Hamlet the Dane?"
Should Laertes fail to kill Hamlet in their duel, Claudius and Laertes plan to do this to finish the job.
What is poison Hamlet's drink?
King Claudius is paralleled with this Biblical figure.
Who is Cain?
This monarch ruled England for most of Shakespeare's lifetime.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
This character says: "How absolute the knave is. We must speak by the card or equivocation will undo us."
Who is Prince Hamlet?
After Claudius confirms to Laertes that Polonius is dead, Gertrude says the following: "But _______."
What is "not by him?"
Prince Fortinbras seeks passage through Denmark to invade this country.
What is Poland?
This uneducated yet witty character serves as the comic relief of the play.
Who is the gravedigger?
This date is both the day Shakespeare was born and died.
What is April 23rd?
This character said: "To my sick soul, as sin's true nature is, each toy seems prologue to some great amiss."
Who is Queen Gertrude?
King Claudius says the following to Laertes: "What would you undertake to show yourself your father's son in __ more than in words?"
What is "deed?"
These TWO people (one a character from Hamlet and the other a renowned author) famously died by drowning.
Who are Ophelia and Virginia Woolf?
This character was the king's jester and Hamlet's primary source of parent-like affection as a child.
Who is Yorick?