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Who said, 'Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.'

Hamlet

What did Claudius say while praying? Did he fully repent?

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Who said, 'Revenge should have no bounds, good Laertes.'?

Claudius

List three commonalities between Hamlet and Laertes

fathers killed, threat to throne, came home from school, lost Ophelia

This character thinks Hamlet is crazy because he/she didn't see the ghost while Hamlet did

Gertrude

What is Reynaldo's role in the play?

to spy on Laertes

what is a chorus?

actor(s) who provides extra context and narration

GIve three reasons Fortinbras is an important character

foil to Hamlet, external threat, presence in final scene, example of Claudius's political ineptitude

what is a soliloquy?

A (typically long) line spoken with no other characters on stage (or when the character THINKS they're alone on stage)

Hamlet told his friends he would 'put on' what?

an antic disposition

Horatio speaks of plots 'fallen on the inventor's head'. Choose a character that died from their own plan and describe it.

varies

what is a dumb show?

a quick summary of the action before the actual play (with no talking!)

Who said 'Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!'?

Horatio

What is a couplet?

When the last two lines of a line rhyme

Horatio speaks of plots 'fallen on the inventor's head'. Choose a character that died from their own plan and describe it.

varies

How does Hamlet's view of death change throughout the play?

'to be or not to be'- afraid of it, doesn't want to face it... act V scene I- faces death head on and acknowledges its inevitability (Yorick)

Who is tasked with telling the story of what happened in Denmark?

Horatio

What instrument does Hamlet hold up and reference while questioning Rosencrantz?

Pipe / recorder / flute

Who said, 'Exchange forgiveness with me noble Hamlet. Mine and my father’s death come not upon thee, nor thine on me!'?

Laertes

Which character is (most blatantly) out only for their own ambition and control?

Claudius

At the graveyard, Hamlet says what about his feelings for Ophelia?

He loved her (more than 'forty thousand brothers')

Who said, 'How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!'?

Hamlet

Why is Horatio such an important character?

voice of reason, spreads the word, stand-in for Shakespeare (or the audience?)

Who said 'brevity is the soul of wit'?

Polonius

Hamlet compares Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to a _____ because they soak up the king's countenance

sponge

Why didn't Hamlet kill Claudius while he was praying?

Didn't want to send him to Heaven

Which character is sadly never in control of their own fate, constantly controlled by those around them?

Ophelia

What is an aside?

Spoken to audience

Who said, 'This above all: to thine own self be true'?

Polonius

What two characters are killed in England?

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern