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Shakespeare Facts
100
Hamlet's uncle, the dead king's brother
Who is Claudius?
100
"Murder most ___"
What is foul?
100
Act I, Scene III; Ophelia is told to be careful when around Hamlet. This person leaves and is not seen again until much later.
Who is Laertes?
100
The author of Hamlet
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
Only theses people were performers in Shakespeare's plays
Who are men and boys?
200
Close friends of Hamlet, end up dying after they carry Hamlet's letters of execution
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
200
"O, ___ is me, To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!"
What is woe?
200
Act I, Scene I; the place in which this scene begins
What is Elsinore?
200
Ophelia gives this to Claudius, Gertrude, and Laertes
What is sticks she refers to as rosemary and pansies?
200
The name of Shakespeare's wife (also the name of a famous actress in this time period)
Who is Anne Hathaway?
300
The prince of Denmark
Who is Hamlet?
300
"Get thee to a _____: why wouldst thou be a breeder of sinners?"
What is nunnery?
300
Act III, Scene IV.; Hamlet confronts his mother in the Queen's Closet. He is about to attack his mother when ______ stops him.
What is the ghost of Hamlet's father, the King?
300
Ophelia's father
Who is Polonius?
300
The name of the theatre Shakespeare's plays were performed in
What is The Globe Theatre?
400
Hamlet's love interest, ends up going crazy after Hamlet kills her father, Polonius
Who is Ophelia?
400
"'Tis as easy as _____."
What is lying?
400
In Act III, Scene I; Hamlet is talking to someone about his feelings for them and their kind. The person is ______.
Who is Ophelia?
400
The last character left alive at the end of the play
Who is Horatio?
400
A US president who enjoyed reading Shakespeare
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
500
Prince of Norway, Hamlet leaves the throne to him after his death
Who is Fortinbras?
500
"A little more than kin, and less than ____."
What is kind?
500
Act III, Scene IV; Hamlet kills this person to keep the guards from coming to his mother's closet.
Who is Polonius?
500
The poison which killed Hamlet
What is hebona?
500
The translation of totus mundus agit histrionem
What is "All the World's a Stage"?