Family Drama
Vocabulary
Characters
Hamlet's Big Decisions
The Play is the Thing
100

Hamlet accuses his mother Gertrude of

What is marrying Claudius too soon after King Hamlet's death?

100

To be troubled or disturbed 

what is Distempered 

100

Daughter of Polonius 

Who is Ophelia? 

100

This is what Hamlet decides to do after watching Claudius's reaction to the play

What is confirms Claudius’s guilt and plans his revenge?

100

This is the name of the play Hamlet has performed

What is The Murder of Gonzago or The Mousetrap?

200

Murdered by Hamlet

Who is Polonius?

200

To test or analyze something 

What is Assay 

200

Mother of Hamlet

Who is Gertrude? 

200

This prevents Hamlet from killing Claudius when he has the chance

What is Claudius praying and Hamlet fears it will send him to heaven?

200

This is the purpose of The Murder of Gonzago

 What is to reveal Claudius’s guilt?

300

This is what the ghost reminds Hamlet to do during his confrontation with Gertrude 

What is seek revenge on Claudius and not his mother?

300

A building or group of buildings in which nuns live as a religious community

 What is Nunnery 

300

Prevents war with Norway 

Who is Claudius? 

300

This is how Hamlet treats Ophelia during the play 

What is with mocking and double meaning?

300

This is Claudius's reaction to the play

What is he stands up and leaves abruptly?

400

This is how Gertrude reacts after Hamlet's play, The Murder of Gonzago 

What is shocked and confused and unsure?

400

Something bitter or grievous 

what is wormwood 

400

This person is supposed to observe Claudius' reaction to the play

Who is Horatio? 

400

This is what Hamlet forces Gertrude to look at during their confrontation

What is the picture of 2 brothers?

400

This is the play Hamlet tells the actors to perform for the king

What is the murder of a king similar to his father’s death?

500

This is what Hamlet tells Gertrude to do to redeem herself

What is to avoid Claudius's bed?

500

A relationship between close relatives that is morally or legally wrong.

What is incestuous

500

These individuals will take Hamlet to England 

Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

500

This is what Hamlet does with Polonius’s body after killing him

What is he hides it and refuses to tell Claudius where it is?

500

This is how Hamlet tells the actors to act during the performance

What is to act naturally and not overdo their roles?