Show:
Who's Who?
Plot Points
How Did They Die?
What Happened Next?
Misc.
100
The king of Denmark, who killed the king before him and married the queen.
Claudius
100
Where did Laertes go to school?
France
100
Ophelia
Drowning herself in the river
100
Hamlet's "To be or not to be..." speech is about this
The decision to kill himself
200
The king's adviser and best friend, who has two children
Polonius
200
What was the point of Hamlet having the actors perform the play?
He wanted to show how King Claudius killed King Hamlet
200
Hamlet
Stabbed by Laertes' poisoned sword in a fencing match
200
Horatio and Hamlet see the Ghost of Hamlet's father.
The Ghost tells Hamlet how he really died.
200
How many people died during the play?
8
300
The queen of Denmark, who is Hamlet's mother
Gertrude
300
Hamlet and Horatio are walking through the graveyard and see Ophelia's funeral happening.
Laertes and Hamlet jump into Ophelia's grave and fight over who loved her more.
300
What did Hamlet call Polonius when he stabbed him through the tapestry?
A rat
400
Hamlet's two oldest friends, who work for the king
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
400
Who sees the ghost first while they're at work?
Marcellus and Barnardo
400
Laertes
Stabbed with his own poisoned sword during the fencing match
400
Ophelia tells Polonius that Hamlet showed up in the middle of the night and grabbed her and stared at her before leaving.
Polonius says it's because Hamlet is crazy in love for Ophelia.
400
Who is Yorick?
The old court jester that Hamlet knew
500
The prince of Norway, who gets to be the new king at the very end of the play
Fortinbras
500
Why did Hamlet tell Ophelia to be a nun?
He thinks women should stop having babies because the world is terrible
500
King Hamlet (The Ghost)
Claudius poured poison in his ear while he slept
500
The actors perform the play that Hamlet told them to.
Claudius jumps up and runs out of the theater.
500
Why did Claudius send Hamlet to England to be killed instead of doing it himself?
The people of Denmark love Hamlet because he is so handsome.