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