Family
Hamlet's uncle; King Hamlet's killer.
Who is Claudius?
Hamlet says this to himself when contemplating whether or not to live.
What is "To be or not to be?"
"To be, or not to be, that is the question."
Who is Hamlet?
William Shakespeare is the writer of Hamlet, what country is he from?
What is England?
In Act 2, Scene 3, Hamlet responds to Guildenstern protesting not knowing how to play the recorder with: "It is as easy as lying." This phrase is an example of...
What is a simile?
To whom does Hamlet claim to love, then renounces that love right after?
Who is Ophelia?
After _____ dies and she is rejected by Hamlet, ______ goes mad.
Who is Polonius and Ophelia?
"To thine own self be true"
Who is Polonius?
Similar to Hamlet, Shakespeare experiences the death of a family member, in this case, his son________.
Who is Hamnet?
In the line "For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak/ With most miraculous organ," _______ is being personified? (Act 2, Scene 2)
What is murder?
"Frailty, thy name is woman!" (Act 1, Scene 2) was a line said by Hamlet targeted toward...
Who is Gertrude?
Hamlet felt that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern needed to die because they ______.
What is betrayed him/worked with Claudius?
"Goodnight, sweet prince/And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
Who is Horatio?
During his time of writing, man of Shakespeare's plays were performed by this theater troupe.
What is Lord Chamberlain's Men and King's Men?
In the beginning of the play, we see the after effects of the death of King Hamlet, which best describes the tone of this time?
A. Cheerful and Motivational
B. Mournful and Ominous
C. Curious and Determined
What is Mournful and Ominous?
In Act 3, Scene 4, Hamlet stabs ______ to death thinking that he is Claudius.
Who is Polonius?
What had Bernardo seen at a prior watch?
What is a ghost/King Hamlet's ghost?
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
Who is Marcellus?
Many of Shakespeare's plays were first performed at _______, which was a common place used by other playwrights.
What is The Globe?
In Act 1, Scene 1, Horatio says: "The moist star,/Upon whose influence Neptune’s empire stands,/Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse." What is he alluding to?
Who is Neptune?
In an attempt to avenge his father and sister's deaths, who stabs Hamlet with a poisonous sword and dies of the same poison?
Who is Laertes?
Who is this? His father was the King of Norway.
Who is Fortinbras?
The lady protests too much, methinks."
Who is Gertrude?
Shakespeare was married to her at the age of 18 and she was 26, in 1582.
Who is Anne Hathaway?
In the metaphor "The serpent that did sting thy father’s life/Now wears his crown," Hamlet is comparing a serpent to _________.
What is Claudius/his father's killer?