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Hamlet Act 5
DARTs activities - answers
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English
12–14 15–16
Hamlet
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Act Five: Scene 1
What do we find out about Hamlet? Which adjectives in the
hexagons
describe Hamlet in this scene?
Use a dictionary.
content
×
philosophical
terrified
passionate

witty
×
impulsive
Read the sentences about Hamlet and match an adjective to the sentence.
Hamlet jokes with the
witty
gravediggers.
Hamlet thinks about life and
death.
Hamlet jumps into Ophelia’s
grave to fight Laertes.
Hamlet says that he loved
Ophelia more than Laertes
loved her.
This shows Hamlet is
philosophical
impulsive
passionate



Act Five: Scene 1
Put the words in order to make sentences to find out what Hamlet
says about Yorick (the man whose skull he finds in the graveyard).
be He a funny
used very to man
doesn’t He now
I him used know
very smell nice
to
make doesn’t He
on his back He
carry used to me
people now smile
sing He and play
to used tricks
Write out the sentences under the correct heading.
What did Yorick use to be like?
Past




I used to know him
He used to be a very funny man
He used to sing and play tricks
He used to carry me on his back
What is Yorick like now?
Present
 He doesn’t make people smile now
 He doesn’t smell very nice now
How do
they die?
Act Five: Scene 2
Who dies in Act 5 Scene 2? Tick the characters who die.
Polonius
Fortinbras
Horatio
Ophelia
Laertes

Prince Hamlet


Claudius

Gertrude
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

How do the characters die in Act 5 scene 2? Make correct
sentences using the table.
is poisoned
(Name)
is stabbed
are executed
with Laertes’ sword.
with the goblet of wine.
by the King of England.
with his own sword.
One of the characters is killed in two ways. Who is it?
Make a sentence using ‘and then’.
 Laertes is stabbed with his own sword.
 Gertrude is poisoned with the goblet of wine.
 Prince Hamlet is stabbed with Laertes’ sword.
 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are executed by the King of
England.
Claudius is the character who is killed in two ways:
 Claudius is stabbed with Laertes’ sword and then poisoned with
the goblet of wine.