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100
I am an obedient daughter whose heart breaks when my father mysteriously dies. No one will tell me how. The man who loves me has abandoned me. All together this drives me insane.
Who is Ophelia?
100
I was killed because of mistaken identity. I shouldn't have been hiding behind that wall tapestry!!! Perhaps if I hadn't been so nosy I would still be alive. :(
What is the cause of Polonius' death?
100
"O that this too too solid flesh would melt, That, and resolve itself into a dew, Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter"(1.2.129-132)!
Who is Hamlet? This is after the first time the audience see the interaction between Hamlet and Claudius. Hamlet is depressed and wishing that he could end his life, but alas... he believes that God has a law against suicide... which means that Hamlet is stuck.
100
The play is set in England.
False. The play is set in Denmark.
100
I was stabbed and forced to drink my own concoction.
How did Claudius die?
200
I am Claudius' closest adviser. My fatal flaw is that I am extremely nosy.
Who is Polonius?
200
Today was the first day on the job for the gravedigger... which happened to be the day that King Hamlet defeated King Fortinbras. It was also important for another reason...
What is the day that Hamlet was born?
200
"... the more pity that great folk should have count'nance int his world to drown or hang themselves more than their even Christian. Come, my spade. There is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and gravemakers; they hold up Adam's profession" (5.1.25-29).
Who is the first clown/gravedigger? There are two gravediggers that are preparing the grave for Ophelia's body. They are arguing over whether Ophelia deserves to be buried in the sanctified graveyard. Here he is arguing that the only reason she is allowed to is because she had money. He goes on to argue that his job is closer to Adam's and that makes him more of a gentleman.
200
The people of Denmark believed that King Hamlet was killed by a snake while the king was napping.
True.
200
I did not want Claudius to go to heaven so I didn't do this.
What is the reason that Hamlet did not kill the King Claudius while he was praying?
300
I am the son of Polonius. I am a highly emotional creature. I'll go from red hot to weeping to red hot in less than 10 minutes. I am the one that kills Hamlet.
Who is Laertes?
300
Everyone sees the Ghost, except for this one time.
What is Act 3 when Hamlet confronts his mother and kills Polonius? The ghost of the king appears, speaks to Hamlet, but the queen does not see the ghost.
300
"O, my offence is rank! It smells to heaven. It hath the primal eldest curse upon't, A brother's murder. Pray can I not. Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent..."(3.3.35-40).
Who is Claudius? This is after the play had occurred, and he is wanting to pray and gain forgiveness for his sins. Unfortunately, he is not able to pray because he is unwilling to give up his crown, wife, etc. that he gained from his sin of killing King Hamlet. This is the one time we see that Claudius does feel awful for his act... at least a bit.
300
Ophelia lost her mind after her father died. Consequently, it is stated that she was sitting on a branch that broke, she dropped into the brook, and eventually drowned due to lack of care to save herself.
True. At least it is strongly believed by the characters that she committed suicide. One may argue otherwise.
300
Shakespeare uses me to symbolize nobility.
What is poetry? (Prose for the common man.)
400
I am the son of the Prince of Norway. My father was killed, our land lost, and I desperately want revenge. I will get my revenge, although not in the way I had anticipated.
Who is Fortinbras?
400
The countrymen might not care that Hamlet killed Polonius. They only care about his looks and have some silly love for him. They might have allowed this love for him turned to blame for me. This is the reason that I did not...
What is the reason that Claudius did not put Hamlet on trial for murdering Polonius? (And made the death and burial a secret...) Claudius also claims the love of the queen for Hamlet and his love for the queen.
400
“And let me speak to th’ yet unknowing world How these things came about. So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts, Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters, Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall’n on th’ inventors’ heads. All this can I Truly deliver” (5.2.421-428).
Who is Horatio? This is after Hamlet, the King and Queen, and Laertes have been slain. Hamlet stopped Horatio from killing himself and instead asked Horatio to tell his story. Horatio is here talking to Fortinbras about to keep his word to Hamlet and tell the true story.
400
The play opens up with watchmen on a ghost hunt. The watchmen are uneasy, tension fills the players and audience because there have been war preparations, signs from the sky of things bad to come, and now a ghost.
True. As there had been in Rome: "stars with trains of fire, dews of blood, disasters in the sun, and the moist star, tenantless graves, talking dead...", there is now in Denmark.
400
I used this play in order to determine whether or not the King was guilty for my father's death.
What is "The Mousetrap" or "The Murder of Gonzago?"
500
I am the person that people turn to. I am level-headed, honest, earnest, and trustworthy. I am the only one that knows the true story and have been given the task to relay the story so that it does not go down in history incorrectly.
Who is Horatio?
500
These TWO events changed Hamlet. He became a man of action instead a man of thought before action.
What is speaking with Fortinbras' Captain about the battle for a piece of worthless land AND discussing death with the gravediggers/Horatio?
500
“How all occasions do inform against me And spur my dull revenge. What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more. Sure He that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused” (4.4.34-41). “... Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour’s at the stake” (4.4.56-59).
Who is Hamlet? This is after Hamlet learns of Fortinbras' plan to attack Poland for a useless piece of land. Hamlet is changing. He is starting to believe that honour is not thinking through everything at great length, but fighting when honor is threatened.
500
Polonius tells King Claudius that Hamlet has gone mad because Hamlet is in love with Ophelia and their love has driven him insane.
False. It is the rejection of her love that Polonius believes has driven Hamlet insane. Had Ophelia continued with her love then Polonius wouldn't believe that Hamlet would be insane.
500
We are the school friends of Hamlet. We try to figure out the reason that Hamlet has gone insane. Unfortunately, the only thing we find out is that we have been played by both the king and Hamlet.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?