Use of metaphor Hamlet insults Ophelia Hamlet stages “The Mousetrap” Rosencrantz & Guildenstern spy Hamlet refuses to kill Claudius Ghost reappears Ophelia returns Hamlet’s gifts “Madness in great ones must not unwatched go” Hamlet mocks Polonius Foreshadowing of tragedy Polonius hides behind the arras Theme: Corruption Claudius prays Hamlet kills Polonius Gertrude confronts Hamlet Ophelia’s heartbreak Hamlet accuses Gertrude “Get thee to a nunnery” “The lady doth protest too much” “To be, or not to be” soliloquy Hamlet’s wordplay Claudius reveals guilt Dramatic irony Theme: Appearance vs. Reality Use of metaphor Hamlet insults Ophelia Hamlet stages “The Mousetrap” Rosencrantz & Guildenstern spy Hamlet refuses to kill Claudius Ghost reappears Ophelia returns Hamlet’s gifts “Madness in great ones must not unwatched go” Hamlet mocks Polonius Foreshadowing of tragedy Polonius hides behind the arras Theme: Corruption Claudius prays Hamlet kills Polonius Gertrude confronts Hamlet Ophelia’s heartbreak Hamlet accuses Gertrude “Get thee to a nunnery” “The lady doth protest too much” “To be, or not to be” soliloquy Hamlet’s wordplay Claudius reveals guilt Dramatic irony Theme: Appearance vs. Reality
(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.
B-Use of metaphor
I-Hamlet insults Ophelia
O-Hamlet stages “The Mousetrap”
B-Rosencrantz & Guildenstern spy
I-Hamlet refuses to kill Claudius
O-Ghost reappears
B-Ophelia returns Hamlet’s gifts
N-“Madness in great ones must not unwatched go”
N-Hamlet mocks Polonius
O-Foreshadowing of tragedy
G-Polonius hides behind the arras
I-Theme: Corruption
N-Claudius prays
O-Hamlet kills Polonius
G-Gertrude confronts Hamlet
O-Ophelia’s heartbreak
G-Hamlet accuses Gertrude
I-“Get thee to a nunnery”
G-“The lady doth protest too much”
B-“To be, or not to be” soliloquy
G-Hamlet’s wordplay
N-Claudius reveals guilt
B-Dramatic irony
I-Theme: Appearance vs. Reality