Nexus resource Hamlet Act 5 DARTs activities - answers Subject: Age range: Topic: English 12–14 15–16 Hamlet Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. ©British Council 2015 Source | This resource was originally developed by EAL Nexus. Images from Self-Made Hero’s Manga Shakespeare series. 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.