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