Dramatic Terms
Characters
Quotations
Act 1-3
Act 4-5
100
A characters fatal flaw or weakness of character.
What is Hamartia
100
Prince of Denmark, son of Gertrude and nephew of Claudius.
What is Hamlet
100
"Revenge his foul and most unnatural muder?"
What is Ghost to Hamlet
100
______ tells Ophelia not to communicate with Hamlet anymore
What is Polonius
100
Who digs up Yoricks skull
who is Gravedigger
200
A speech where a character speaks their thoughts alone on stage.
What is soliloquy
200
Brother to dead king , now king of Denmark
What is Claudius
200
"O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!"
What is Hamlet to himself
200
________ is sent to France to spy on Laertes
What is Reynaldo
200
what two characters accused of being nothing more then a puppet
What is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
300
Contrast between the greater understanding of the reader and the limited knowledge of the character.
What is dramatic irony
300
Said to be school friends of Hamlet
What is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
300
"I do wish that your good beauties be the happy cause of hamlet's wildness"
What is Queen to Ophelia
300
Who is called a "fishmonger"
What is Polonius
300
What does Hamlet mean by "the other place" when talking to Claudius about where Polonius is.
What is Hell
400
remark that is meant to only be heard by the audience not the other characters on stage
What is an aside
400
Prince of Norway. He is the complete opposite of Hamlet.
What is Fortinbras
400
"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalias."
What is King to himself
400
Sent to Norway as Ambassadors
Who is Cornelius and Voltemand
400
When does Laertes stop feeling Hatred for Hamlet
What is When he is Poisoned
500
A type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the worst.
What is tragedy
500
Hamlets friend. Hamlet trusts him, he gives sensible advice and has an honest opinion.
What is Horatio
500
"O! treble woe Fall ten times Treble on that cursed head Whose wicked deed thy most ingenious sense Depriv'd the of."
What is Laertes to everyone
500
Hamlet Realizes R an G are?
What is Spying on him.
500
What Humble reason does Fortinbras use when attacking a small part of Poland
What is the sake of his reputation