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