Characters
Hamlet's mother
Gertrude
What advice do Polonius and Laertes give to Ophelia about Hamlet?
Stay away from him; don't fall in love
The means by which Hamlet plans to test the truth of the ghost’s story
A play
The place where Hamlet and Laertes fight in this act without swords
Ophelia's grave
“This above all—to thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not be false to any man.”
Polonius
Hamlet's father
King Hamlet
The ghost tells Hamlet not to harm this person
The reason Hamlet doesn’t kill Claudius when he has the chance at the end of Act III
The King is praying, and Hamlet doesn’t want him to go to Heaven
The reason the gravediggers said Ophelia shouldn’t be buried in a Christian cemetery
She committed suicide
“Ay, that incestuous and adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts, O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power so to seduce!”
The Ghost
Hamlet's uncle
Claudius
What does Polonius think is bothering Hamlet (or making him crazy)?
His love for Ophelia
King Claudius’ reaction to the play
He gets up and runs out of the theater (acts guilty)
Whose skull does Hamlet find at the gravesite?
Yorick (the Jester)
“For in the sleep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil Must give is pause.”
Hamlet
Hamlet's girlfriend's father
Polonius
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
How does Ophelia die?
Drowning
How does Laertes react at Ophelia's funeral?
He jumps in the grave
“They bore him barefac’d on the bier, Hey no nonny, hey nonny, nonny.”
Ophelia
Hamlet's best friend
Horatio
The name of the Norwegian prince who is rumored to be headed for Denmark at the end of Act II
Fortinbras
The name of the play Hamlet orders to be performed
How are Hamlet and Laertes going to duel?
Fencing (swordfight)
"Sweets to the sweet. Farewell!" (at Ophelia's funeral)
Gertrude