1. Let’s Review!

2.  Define the following: ◦ Iambic pentameter: a line of poetry consisting of 10 syllables in an unstressed/stressed pattern ◦ Heroic couplet: two lines of rhyming iambic pentameter ◦ Blank verse: unrhymed iambic pentameter ◦ Monologue: a long speech a character makes to other characters ◦ Soliloquy: a long speech during which a character is on stage alone; it reveals thoughts and feelings ◦ Aside: a remark a character makes toward the audience so that other characters can’t hear it

3.  For the following quotes, be sure you know… ◦ Who said it (and possibly to whom) ◦ The context of the line (when, where, why, etc.) ◦ The importance of the line – for instance, what does it reveal about the character who said it?

4.  “…brevity is the soul of wit” (Polonius)  “Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet!” (Laertes)  “Frailty, thy name is woman!” (Hamlet)  “Neither a borrow nor a lender be” (Polonius)  “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” (Marcellus)  “Such a sight as this / Becomes the field, but here shows much amiss.” (Fortinbras)  “Sweets to the sweet: farewell!” (Gertrude)

5.  “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” (Gertrude)  “…the play’s the thing / Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king.” (Hamlet)  The serpent that did sting they father’s life / Now wears his crown.” (The Ghost)  “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” (Hamlet)  “This above all,--to thine own self be true.” (Polonius)

6.  “Though this is madness, yet there is method in’it.” (Polonius)  “To be, or not to be,--that is the question.” (Hamlet)  “When sorrow comes, they come not single spies, / But in battalions!” (Claudius)

7.  For each of the following themes, identify at least one way that the theme is revealed in the play: ◦ Greed ◦ Revenge ◦ Guilt ◦ Thought vs. Action ◦ Loyalty vs. Betrayal

8.  Make a list of the internal conflicts in the play.  Make a list of the external conflicts in the play.

9.  For each of the following characters, identify at least one flaw (or weakness) that influences the plot of the play: ◦ Claudius ◦ Gertrude ◦ Polonius ◦ Laertes ◦ Ophelia ◦ Hamlet

10.  Identify at least two places in the play where comic relief is provided.

11.  At the end of the play, how many characters are dead? (Begin counting with King Hamlet.)  Who killed whom?  How did they all die?