Shakespeare Characters and Other Clues Flashcards
(C) Title prince of Denmark, nephew of King Claudius
Hamlet
(C) King of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle
Claudius (Hamlet)
(C) Queen on Denmark, Hamlet’s mother
Gertrude (Hamlet)
(C) Chief counselor to the king, father of Laertes and Ophelia
Polonius (Hamlet)
(C) Daughter of Polonius
Ophelia (Hamlet)
(C) Friend of Hamlet
Horatio (Hamlet)
(C) Son of Polonius
Laertes (Hamlet)
(C) Pair of courtiers, friends of Hamlet
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Hamlet)
(P) “What a piece of work is a man.”
Hamlet
(P) The title character asks actors to stage “The Murder of Gonzago”.
Hamlet
(P) “get thee to a nunnery”
Hamlet
(P) Title character realizes he killed Polonius instead of Claudius after pulling back a curtain
Hamlet
(P) “Alas, poor Yorick”
Hamlet
(P) “the rest is silence”
Hamlet
(C) King of Scotland in Macbeth
Duncan (Macbeth)
(C) Duncan’s elder son
Malcolm (Macbeth)
(C) Duncan’s younger son
Donalbain (Macbeth)
(C) General in Duncan’s army. Originally Thane of Glamis, then Thane of Cawdor, then king of Scotland
Macbeth (Macbeth)
(C) Wife of title character, queen of Scotland at one point
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)
(C) Friend of Macbeth
Banquo (Macbeth)
(C) Banquo’s son
Fleance (Macbeth)
(C) Thane of Fife
Macduff (Macbeth)
(C) General of the English forces
Siward (Macbeth)
(C) Trio led by Hecate
Three Witches or Weird Sisters (Macbeth)
(P) Title character lives in castle at Inverness
Macbeth
(P) “To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow” soliloquy
Macbeth
(P) “from his mother’s womb / Untimely ripp’d” and is not “of woman born”
Macbeth
(P) “tis thought, by self and violent hands / Took off her life”
Macbeth
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