Themes Who Said It? Plot Character Development Literary Devices
100
Polonius
Who was someone in act 3 that was killed to prove evil never conquers?
100
Gertrude
"Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul,/And there I see such black and grained spots/ As will not leave their tinct."
100
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Name the people travelling with Hamlet to England.
100
(answers may vary)
Give one argument that suggests Hamlet is insane.
100
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Who is Hamlet speaking of when he uses the metaphor of a sponge?
200
Madness
The fact that Gertrude did not see the ghost but Hamlet did can represent this theme.
200
Hamlet
“You go not till I set you up a glass/Where you may see the inmost part of you."
200
Can not see the ghost.
Complete the sentence:
Her naiveté and innocence can be reasons why Gertrude...
200
Hamlet
This character demonstrates his impulsiveness in act III, scene IV.
200
Laertes
Who is the foil in these acts?
300
The theme of Women
The quote “What shall I do?” said by Gertrude portrays which theme?
300
King/Claudius
“His liberty is full of threats to all- to you yourself, to us, to everyone.”
300
Where he hid Polonius' body.
In Act 4, Scene 2, what are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern asking Hamlet?
300
Fear
Upon hearing Hamlet killed Polonius without knowing it was him, Claudius begins feeling an increased sense of this for himself.
300
Revenge
What does the ghost symbolize?
400
Poison and corruption, decay imagery
The quote “…like a mildewed ear blasting his wholesome brother.” portrays this theme
400
Hamlet
“This bad begins and worse remains behind”
400
Calm down, be kinder to your mother, and remember your purpose to avenge me.
(Variations accepted)
The ghost tells Hamlet this.
400
Gertrude
This character begins to notice their sins and is humiliated by them.
400
Dramatic Irony
The audience being aware that Polonius is spying on Gertrude and Hamlet’s conversation and that all but Hamlet know of the plan demonstrates this literary device.
500
If you associate yourself with evilness, your journey will soon come to end. It foreshadows Claudius' death.
Explain how the theme “evil never conquers” could foreshadow an event later on in the play?
500
Hamlet
“To flaming youth let virtue be as wax and melt in her own fire”
500
Betraying Hamlet
By immediately telling Claudius about Hamlet's actions and the murder of Polonius, Gertrude is doing this.
500
Gertrude
This character does not have a plan an acts uncertainly.
500
Hamlet uses personification on speech.
What is it that Shakespeare uses personification on, in Act 4, Scene 2, during one of Hamlet’s lines?






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