Characters | tragic deaths | plot | quotes | literary terms |
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He is the king of Denmark
Claudius
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This person killed old Hamlet
Claudius
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Laertes came up with this plan to killed Hamlet
poison him
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"Frailty, thy name is woman"
Hamlet about Gertrude
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These words are spoken by actors in a play.
dialogue
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she is the queen of Denmark and married to Hamlet's Uncle
Gertrude
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She drowned in the lake
Ophelia
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This person helps Hamlet keep an eye on Claudius
Horatio
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"We go to gain a little patch of ground that hath in it profit but the name"
Fortinbras
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An aside.
an unspoken thought
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He was king Hamlet's jester
Yorick
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This body part was poisoned and the reason for the death of old Hamlet
ear
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referring to this person when he says, "frailty thy name is woman?"
Gertrude
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"The best actors in the world, either tragedy or comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-historical, tragical-comical-historical-pastoral, scene individable, or poet unlimited."
Polonius about the players
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A character speaks their thoughts aloud.
soliloquy
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He is the prince of Norway
Fortinbras
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Hamlet accidentally killed this person mistaking his for Claudius
Polonius
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This person is the protagonist of the story
Hamlet
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'A little more than kin, and less than kind'
Hamlet about Claudius
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An example of this is, Hamlet and Horatio knowing that Claudius killed Old Hamlet.
dramatic irony
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His brother killed him to claim the throne
Old Hamlet
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Laertes killed Hamlet with his weapon
poisoned sword
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This person is the first to die in Act V due to poisoned drink.
Gertrude
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'The apparel oft proclaims the man'
Polonius to Laertes
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Signifies the opposite of its intended meaning.
irony
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