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Characters
Cause and Effect
What?
Who Did It?
Things
100
The uncle-father and aunt-mother
Who are Claudius and Gertrude?
100
Cause: King Hamlet's Ghost asks Hamlet to seek his revenge.
Effect: Hamlet acts mad to find the truth and plots to kill Claudius.
100
"To be, or not to be - that is the question."
"Should I live or die, I wonder."
100
Spied on Hamlet on more than one occasion.
Polonius
100
Laertes places what on the end of his sword to fight Hamlet.
What is the poison?
200
Betrays her love, suffers from insanity and drowning
Who is Ophelia?
200
Cause: Hamlet kills Polonius Hint: hurts two people
Effect: Ophelia goes insane and drowns herself and Laertes tries to overthrow the king and seeks revenge from Hamlet
200
"Not where he eats, but where he is eaten."
"Polonius is dead and decomposing."
200
Warned Ophelia of having a relationship with Hamlet. 2 People
Who are Laertes and Polonius
200
Hamlet refers to Rosencrantz as this object to the king.
What is a sponge?
300
The character that foils Hamlet (similar but contrasting him).
Who is Laertes?
300
Cause: Hamlet fears the ghost might be a demon.
Effect: Hamlet tests the ghost's story by creating a play and watching Claudius' reaction.
300
"Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me! You would play upon me..."
"You think I am no more that a pipe that can be fooled around with?"
300
Described with little care and emotion the decaying process of a dead body.
Who is the Gravedigger?
300
Hamlet claims that he is not so simple and cannot be played upon like a what?
What is a pipe?
400
The childhood friends asked by the king to spy on Hamlet.
Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
400
Cause: Claudius poisons Hamlet's drink.
Effect: Gertrude drinks and dies.
400
"When he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again."
"Once the King squeezes what he wants from you, you come back again all dried up you sponge."
400
Unknowingly saved Hamlet by taking him back to Denmark instead of taking him to England.
Who are the pirates?
400
Hamlet uses this to trap Claudius and confirm his wrong.
What is the play?
500
Prince of Norway who ultimately takes control of Denmark.
Who is Fortinbras?
500
Cause: Hamlet finds out Claudius plotted to have him killed in England.
Effect: Hamlet re-writes the note to have Rosencrantz and Guildenstern killed.
500
"Why does he suffer this made knave now to knock him about the sconce with a dirty shovel and will not tell him of his action of battery?"
"Why does he allow this gravedigger to hit him in the head with a shovel and not tell him about his assault?"
500
Final person to take control of the State of Denmark.
Who is Prince Fortinbras?
500
Polonius uses this to try to prove Hamlet has gone mad because of his love for Ophelia.
What is a love letter?