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