Claudius prays Gertrude confronts Hamlet Hamlet refuses to kill Claudius Hamlet accuses Gertrude Hamlet insults Ophelia Hamlet’s wordplay Rosencrantz & Guildenstern spy Polonius hides behind the arras Ghost reappears “Madness in great ones must not unwatched go” Hamlet stages “The Mousetrap” Hamlet kills Polonius Hamlet mocks Polonius Theme: Corruption Claudius reveals guilt Ophelia returns Hamlet’s gifts Dramatic irony Theme: Appearance vs. Reality “Get thee to a nunnery” “To be, or not to be” soliloquy Ophelia’s heartbreak “The lady doth protest too much” Foreshadowing of tragedy Use of metaphor Claudius prays Gertrude confronts Hamlet Hamlet refuses to kill Claudius Hamlet accuses Gertrude Hamlet insults Ophelia Hamlet’s wordplay Rosencrantz & Guildenstern spy Polonius hides behind the arras Ghost reappears “Madness in great ones must not unwatched go” Hamlet stages “The Mousetrap” Hamlet kills Polonius Hamlet mocks Polonius Theme: Corruption Claudius reveals guilt Ophelia returns Hamlet’s gifts Dramatic irony Theme: Appearance vs. Reality “Get thee to a nunnery” “To be, or not to be” soliloquy Ophelia’s heartbreak “The lady doth protest too much” Foreshadowing of tragedy Use of metaphor
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
N-Claudius prays
G-Gertrude confronts Hamlet
I-Hamlet refuses to kill Claudius
G-Hamlet accuses Gertrude
I-Hamlet insults Ophelia
G-Hamlet’s wordplay
B-Rosencrantz & Guildenstern spy
G-Polonius hides behind the arras
O-Ghost reappears
N-“Madness in great ones must not unwatched go”
O-Hamlet stages “The Mousetrap”
O-Hamlet kills Polonius
N-Hamlet mocks Polonius
I-Theme: Corruption
N-Claudius reveals guilt
B-Ophelia returns Hamlet’s gifts
B-Dramatic irony
I-Theme: Appearance vs. Reality
I-“Get thee to a nunnery”
B-“To be, or not to be” soliloquy
O-Ophelia’s heartbreak
G-“The lady doth protest too much”
O-Foreshadowing of tragedy
B-Use of metaphor