| conscience | knowledge of right and wrong |
| The Mousetrap | the name of the play within the play, according to Hamlet |
| Claudius | who convinces Laertes how to get revenge against Hamlet? |
| Ophelia | sister to Laertes |
| stay away from Hamlet | Laertes’s advice to his sister |
| Hecuba | the wife of a dramatic character whom Hamlet envies for his ability to feel deeply: “What’s ______ to him, or he to _____ that he should weep for her?” |
| Fortinbras | the new king of Denmark at the end of the play |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern | college friends of Hamlet who work for Claudius |
| Horatio | Hamlet’s best friend who survives at the end |
| to be or not to be | the first line of the most famous soliloquy from the play |
| the conscience of the king | what Hamlet will catch by staging The Mousetrap |
| cowards | what conscience makes of us all, according to Hamlet |
| lisp | what women do to attract men, according to Hamlet |
| slings and arrows | how Hamlet describes “outrageous fortune” |
| undiscover’d country | the metaphor for death that Hamlet uses in one of his soliloquy |
| bare bodkin | unsheathed knife |
| remembrances | what Ophelia returns to Hamlet |
| are you honest? | the first question Hamlet asks Ophelia |
| nunnery | where Hamlet tells Ophelia to go |
| we are arrant knaves, all | why Hamlet says Ophelia shouldn’t trust men |
| poison | what Laertes puts on his sword |
| avenge his murder | what the ghost tells Hamlet to do |
| England | where Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are sent with Hamlet by Claudius |
| Yorick | whose skull does Hamlet muse over? |
| Leave her to heaven | what the ghost tells Hamlet to do with Gertrude |
| nursery rhymes | what Ophelia sings as she goes crazy |
| silence | Hamlet’s last word |
| drowns herself | Ophelia’s fate |
| Gertrude | who tells us of Ophelia’s fate? |
| Norway | where the new king of Denmark comes from |
| comic relief | the purpose of the gravedigger’s playful talk with Hamlet |
| Wittenberg | where Hamlet goes to school |
| hebenon | the poison used to kill King Hamlet |
| bend stubborn knees | the words that Claudius commands to himself to get himself to confess his sins |
| the blood is tame | why Hamlet says that Gertrude should be able to control her desire for Claudius |
| irony | Hamlet spares Claudius while he is praying, but Claudius is actually only pretending. What is this an example of? |
| Shakespeare | the playwright of =Hamlet= |
| soliloquy | “to be or not to be” for example |
| tragedy | the type of play that =Hamlet= is |
| dialogue | when Ophelia and Hamlet are talking, for example |
Hamlet crossword list
August 26, 2019