| Major Themes found in Hamlet | Justice and RevengeDestiny and Purpose of LifeMadness and SanityAppearance vs Reality Role of WomenRights and Duties of KingshipPoison and Corruption (Decay and Disease) |
| Elements of a Shakespearan Tragedy | Revenge MotiveInternal and External ConflictsComic ReliefTragic Hero/Flaw/MistakeSupernatural Element |
| where did Hamlet go to college? | Wittenburg, Germany |
| Name all 8 of the people dead by the end of the play | 1. Hamlet 2. Gertrude 3. Claudius 4. Polonius 5. Laertes 6. Ophelia 7. Rosencrantz 8. Guildenstern |
| how does Ophelia die | Drownssignificance- ambiguity of her death |
| how Polonius dies | Hamlet stabs him while spyingsignificance- he thinks spying is always the answer but it leads to his demise. |
| Hamlet forges a letter to England telling England to kill ______?? | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern |
| Who are Hamlet’s foils? | Fortinbras and Laertes |
| Who Says to whom….”A little more than kin and less than kind” (act 1) | Hamlet to himself |
| Who says to whom…”O, that this too too solid flesh would melt” (act 1) | Hamlet to himself |
| who says to whom…”Frailty, thy name is woman” (act 1) | Hamlet to Gertrude |
| who says to whom…”To thine own self be true, neither borrower nor lender be” (act 1) | Polonius to Laertes |
| who says to whom…”Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” (act 1) | Marcellus to Horatio |
| …..”The serpent that did sting thy father now wears his crown” (act 1) | Ghost to Hamlet |
| ……”There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philosophy” (act 1) | Hamlet to Horatio |
| ….”and thus do we, by indirection find directions out” (act 2) | Polonius to Reynaldo |
| …”Brevity is the soul of wit” (act 2) | Polonius to King and Queen |
| …”The play’s the thing” (act 2) | Hamlet to himself |
| …”Through this madness, yet there’s method in it” (act 2) | Polonius to himself |
| …..”There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so” (act 2) | Hamlet to Rosencrantz |
| …”What a piece of work is man, how noble in reason how infinite in difficulty” (act 2) | Hamlet to Rosencrantz |
| ..”O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I” (act 2) | Hamlet to himself |
| …”To be or not to be” | Hamlet to himself |
| ” to the noble mind rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind” | Ophelia to Hamlet |
| “The lady doth protest too much methinks” | Queen to Hamlet |
| “Why look you now how unworthy a thing you make of me. you would play upon me; you would seem to know my stops; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery” | Hamlet to Guildenstern |
| “I will speak daggers to her, but use none” | Hamlet to himself |
| “My words fly up, my thoughts remain below” | Claudius to himself |
| “oh what a rash and bloody deed is this” | Gertrude to Hamlet |
| “I must be cruel only to be kind” | Hamlet to Gertrude |
| “Let it work, for ’tis the sport to have the engineer hoise with his own petar and ‘t shall go hard…” | Hamlet to Gertrude |
| “He’s loved of the distracted multitude who like not in their judgment, but their eyes” | Claudius to himself |
| “from this time forth my thoughts be bloody or be nothing worth” | Hamlet to himself |
| “No place indeed should murder sanctuarize revenge should have no bounds” | Claudius to Laertes |
| “Alas poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio” | Hamlet to a skull |
| “Sweets to the sweet” | Queen to Ophelia’s corpse |
| “There’s a divinity that shapes our end..rough hew them how we will” | Hamlet to Horatio |
| “The readiness is all” | Hamlet to Horatio |
| “Report me and my cause aright to the unsatisfied” | Hamlet to Horatio |
| “Now cracks a noble heart” | Horatio to himself |
| name of the castle | Elsinore |
| 3 requests of the ghost | 1. avenge his death2. leave Gertrude to heaven3. take care of yourself |
| 4 plotting scenarios | 1. Reynaldo spies on Laertes2. Ros and Guild spy on Hamlet3. King and Polonius spy on Hamlet and Ophelia4. Hamlet makes the play sound like his father’s death |
| what instrument does Hamlet want Guildenstern to play | recorder |
| what is the climax? | when Hamlet doesn’t kill Claudius in the chapel |
| what 2 things does Hamlet ask of his mother | 1.don’t sleep with Claudius2. don’t tell anyone that Hamlet isn’t crazy |
| after seeing Fortinbras’s army, what does Hamlet promise to himself? | to take more action |
| how does Hamlet come back into Denmark | by a pirate ship |
| 2 reasons the king can’t prosecute Hamlet | 1. Queen loves him2. people love him |
| 2 ways to kill Hamlet | 1. poison the tip of Laertes’s sword2. poison the wine |
| This scene offers comic relief | gravedigger scene |
| 2 things the “comic relief” scene offers | 1. viewpoint of commoners2. gets the audience ready for death |
| who is Yorick | the court jester |
| why won’t the Priest carry out the funeral? | Ophelia might have committed suicide |
| who drinks the poison wine first? | Gertrude |
| what does Gertrude say with her last breath? | the wine is poisoned |
| how does Hamlet kill Claudius | stabs himmakes him drink the wine |
| 2 final decisions Hamlet makes | 1. Horatio must stay alive to tell the truth2. Fortinbras should be the new king |
| how does the play end | Fortinbras’s army invades and carries Hamlet’s body out like a king |
Hamlet Study Guide
July 1, 2019