Hamlet Test Flashcards
Officers of the Watch (x2)
Francisco and Bernardo
King’s jester, skill that Hamlet talks to
Yorick
Claudius’s nephew
Hamlet
Hamlet’s close friend
Horatio
Ophelia’s brother
Laertes
School buddies with Hamlet
Rosencrantz + Guildenstern
Goes insane after Polonius’s death
Ophelia
Setting?
Elsinore Castle, Denmark
Poisoned by Claudius
King Hamlet
Dies by getting wounded by a poisoned sword
Hamlet
Wonders if the ghost is really the devil
Horatio
Married King Hamlet’s wife
Claudius
Ophelia’s father
Polonius
Stabbed with a poison foil and forced to drink poison by Hamlet
Claudius
His body was dealt with in a suspicious way
Polonius
Gets killed by the English King because Hamlet rewrote the letter
Rosencrantz + Guildenstern
Purpose of the play?
To expose Claudius as the killer of King Hamlet
Changes the letter to the King of England and the play
Hamlet
(in the beginning) works behind uncle’s back to gather troops to attack Elsinore to get back “his” land
Fortinbras
“To be or not to be” speech is about ______ and death, contemplating __________.
- ) Life
2. ) Suicide
How did Ophelia die?
She drowned while trying to hand a wreath on a tree branch. The branch broke and she fell into the water. Her clothes became to heavy and she drowned.
Who announced that Ophelia had died?
Gertrude
Hamlet stabs him with a poison foil
Laertes
Polonius’s daughter
Ophelia
Claudius asks them to spy on Hamlet
Rosencrantz + Guildenstern
Who does Claudius want to kill Hamlet?
The English King
dies trying to save Gertrude
Polonius
______ gives advice to __________.
Polonius gives advice to Laertes
What advice does Polonius give Laertes?
- don’t say what you’re thinking
- don’t act quickly on your thoughts
- hold on to trustworthy friends
- be friendly but don’t overdo it
- don’t waste time shaking hands with everyone
- don’t pick a fight but don’t run from one
- listen to many, talk to few
- hear opinions but reserve your own opinions
- spend money on quality clothes but nothing to flashy
- don’t borrow or lend money
- be true to yourself
How did Claudius and Laertes plan to kill Hamlet?
With a poison foil and a cup of poison wine
How was Claudius’s and Laertes’s plan to kill Hamlet ruined?
Gertrude drinks the wine, Laertes gets stabbed by his own foil, and Claudius is forced to drink the poisoned wine
Ophelia’s father
Polonius
Asks Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to spy on Hamlet
Claudius
Laertes seeks revenge for Polonius’s _________ and Ophelia’s _________.
- ) Death
2. ) Insanity
Killed by drowning herself
Ophelia
Hamlet has gone?
Depressed + insane
Why is Hamlet sent to England?
Claudius feels threatened by him
Hamlet’s parents?
King Hamlet + Gertrude
Only survivor at the end of the story
Horatio
Why does Hamlet try to convince Horatio not to drink the poison?
He wants Horatio to “tell his story.” With everyone gone nobody is left to live on the truth.
Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius while he’s praying?
He doesn’t want Claudius to go to Heaven.
When does Hamlet want to kill Claudius?
After he has sinned
Who captured Hamlet?
Pirates
Who did Hamlet kill? (x5)
Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Laertes, Polonius, Claudius
Wrote love letters to Ophelia
Hamlet
Why do Polonius and Laertes not approve of Hamlet for Ophelia?
They think he’s not serious about her
Before he dies he asks for Hamlet’s forgiveness
Laertes
“Don’t pick a fight but don’t run from one” and “don’t borrow or lend money” are examples of?
Advice Polonius gave to Laertes
Marches on Poland to fight for honor
Fortinbras
The ghost
King Hamlet
Will most likely become the new King of Denmark
Fortinbras
Makes sure Ophelia has a proper funeral
Laertes
Why does Ophelia technically not qualify to have a proper funeral/burial?
Back then if you killed yourself it was unchristian like, this lead to people not qualifying for proper burials.
Polonius’s son
Laertes
Laertes’s sister
Ophelia
Defeated King Fortinbras
King Hamlet
King Hamlet wants Hamlet to get revenge on _______ but wants him to leave _________ alone.
- ) Claudius
2. ) Gertrude
Who asks Claudius to go back to England and to study what?
Who: Laertes
To study: Music
Who turns down Hamlet and returns his _____ & _________?
Turns down: Hamlet
Returns: Letters & Gifts
How did Claudius kill King Hamlet?
While King Hamlet was resting in his garden, Claudius put poison in his ear.
Laertes’s father
Polonius
Counsellor to the King
Polonius
How is Polonius killed?
He is stabbed through the tapestry by Hamlet
Gertrude’s husband
Claudius
Who thinks Hamlet is love sick?
Polonius
current King of Denmark
Claudius
Who does Claudius send to spy on Laertes?
Reynaldo
