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Figures of Speech
People
Places
Events
Miscellaneous
100
This figure of speech always uses the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
This individual is famous for talking too much
Who is Polonius?
100
The country that "Hamlet" is set in
What is Denmark?
100
Th time that the play begins, when the guards see the ghost
What is midnight?
100
The main idea(s) or lesson(s) dealt with in a work of art or literature
What is theme?
200
Hamlet uses this figure of speech when he calls Polonius "Old Jephthah"
What is an allusion?
200
This guard accompanies Hamlet and Horatio to find the ghost in Act I
Who is Marcellus?
200
Laertes leaves home to attend college in this country
What is France?
200
Hamlet misses an opportunity to kill Claudius because of this
What is Claudius was praying?
200
The climax of the play happens at this moment
What is Hamlet's murder of Polonius?
300
An example is when Claudius claims his offense is so bad it "is rank, it smells to heaven"
What is hyperbole?
300
This person's father was killed in a duel with Old King Hamlet
Who is Fortinbras?
300
Fortinbras is the prince of this country
What is Norway?
300
Hamlet doesn't make it to England for this reason
What is his ship is attacked by pirates?
300
Hamlet claims to know the difference between these two items when the wind is southerly
What is a hawk and a handsaw?
400
An example is when Hamlet says that murder, despite having no tongue, will speak to reveal itself
What is personification?
400
Polonius sends this man to spy on his son in France
Who is Reynaldo?
400
Hamlet met Horatio while attending this college
What is Wittenberg?
400
The total number of on-stage deaths in the final scene
What is four?
400
Two of the animals Hamlet claims a cloud resembles
What is a weasel, camel, or whale?
500
We see this figure of speech when the guards talk about "the rooster, that is the trumpet of the morning"
What is a metaphor?
500
Hamlet teases this man by telling him to put his hat on, then take it off, then put it on again
Who is Osric?
500
The castle that the play takes place in
What is Elsinore?
500
Hamlet surprises everyone by showing up at this event
What is Ophelia's funeral?
500
The audience can assume this about Ophelia because she gives herself rue
What is Ophelia is pregnant?