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