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