Hamlet Act 1
The name of Hamlet's best friend, who attends college in Wittenburg with him.
The names of Hamlet's childhood friends who have been sent by the King and Queen to spy on Hamlet.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
What is The Ghost?
One of the two main genres of theatrical perfornmance that features a high-born or powerful hero being undone by their own flaws or faults.
What is tragedy?
This is the formal name for the kind of English spoken by Shakespeare (hint: it's not Old English)
What is Early Modern English?
Marcellus notes that "something is ______ in the state of Denmark."
What is "rotten"?
Polonius' son and Ophelia's brother.
Who is Laertes?
Hamlet cries out this word upon stabbing Polonius
What is "a rat"?
Shakespeare's characters all speak in ____ verse, or unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is "blank"?
The name for a poem or section of a poem that invokes the arrival of Spring time. (Hint: the first 18 lines of Canterbyury Tales are referred to by this name).
What is Reverdye?
Who is Polonius?
The man Polonius sends to spy on his son in France
What is "The Mouse Trap" or "The Murder of Gonzage"?
This kind of speech is delivered by a character alone on stage, and is often used to reveal the true, secret thoughts or motivations of that character.
What is a soliloquy?
The technical name for a word's history and origins.
What is Etymology?
The name of the royal palace in Denmark
Elsinore
"The play is the ______, / Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the _______."
What are "thing" and "King"?
Hamlet suggests that he will lie on this part of Ophelia during the play.
What is her lap?
This kind of irony, common in theatrical performances, arises when the audience knows something the characters in the play do not.
What is Dramatic Irony?
A narratrive device that is a name for a character who exists as a contrast or opposite of another character.
What is a Foil?
The word used three times by the ghost to describe his own murder: "O _____! _____! Most ______!"
What is "horrible?"
While acting crazy, Hamlet pretends to think Polonius is this kind of vendor.
What is a fishmonger?
Hamlet doesn't kill Claudius when he has the chance in Act 3, scene 3 because Claudius is engaged in this activity.
What is prayer?
Aneas' speech to Dido, performed by the First Player in Act 2, is an example of this kind of reference to history, mytholgoy, or literature in a written work.
What is an allusion?
Hamlet's phrase for "acting crazy." He tells us in Act 1, scene 5 that he will put on a "_____ ______."
What is an "antic disposition?"