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