Who Dat? To Die, To Sleep Vocabulary That's So Tragic He Said, She Said
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Who is Gertrude?
She drinks to Hamlet's winning streak during the duel.
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Who are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?
They are setup by Hamlet and sent to their deaths.
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What is an aside?
In drama, a sort of speech spoken by a character in an undertone, or directly, to the audience. It is not meant to be heard by the other characters on stage but only by the audience.
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What is a tragic hero?
A character that has a reversal of fortune, causing extreme suffering; however, endures and recognizes his/her consequences.
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Who is Polonius?
“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.”
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Who is Ophelia?
She gives family and friends imaginary flowers that symbolize their personalities.
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Who is Fortinbras?
He seeks to avenge his father's death by seizing land.
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What is a monologue?
An extended speech given by one character. The other characters are aware of what is being said.
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What is an epiphany?
When a character suddenly understands something important.
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Who is Hamlet?
“For in the sleep of death what dreams may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal coil Must give is pause.”
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Who is Claudius?
He stole the throne of Demark
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What is Yorick’s skull?
Symbolizes death and made Hamlet realize that he too will die.
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What is a soliloquy?
A speech given by a character alone on stage or apart from the other characters. It is used to summarize actions, foreshadow events, reveal thoughts (or emotions), and clarify emotions. The other characters do not hear what the character is saying.
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What is a catharsis?
A purging of emotions.
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Who is Gertrude?
No, No! The drink, the drink! O my dear Hamlet! The drink, the drink! I am poisoned!”
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Who is Polonius?
He gives Ophelia several pieces of advice.
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Frowned, crowned, mound, sound, hound
DAILY DOUBLE! Write a word that rhymes with how Ophelia dies.
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What is foreshadowing?
The use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come, used to create and build suspense.
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Who is Hamlet
The tragic hero of Hamlet.
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Who is Claudius?
“O, my offense is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon’t”
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Who is Horatio?
He is Hamlet’s one true friend
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Who is King Hamlet?
Who is the first to die in the play?
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What is an iamb?
DAILY DOUBLE: Metrical foot consisting of a stressed sound followed by an unstressed sound
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What is a tragic flaw
Stops a tragic hero from being perfect.
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Who is the Ghost?
“Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder.”






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