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