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