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