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