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Hamlet Review Puzzle: Vocabulary
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1. ready to happen inevitable
2. hasty impulsive
3. evil deed crime
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4. slanderous
7. threatening
10. dangerous
11. high land jutting into the sea
12. order
14. call up
15. destructive; deadly
17. devout
21. ghost spirit
23. gathering
26. a statement with two possible interpretations
27. strong effective
29. wasteful extravagant
30. church law
31. firmness resolve
32. face or facial expression
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5. tarnished
6. having intellectual depth intensely felt
8. displeasure resentment
9. sky
11. notice see
13. conversation
14. ill-mannered
16. dull and lifeless
18. something that seems absurd or against reason but may
nonetheless be true
19. supreme in power
20. meeting encounter
22. decline; end
24. skill in deception
25. face expression
28. act of disloyalty
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Review Puzzle: Bell Ringers
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3. Shakespeare is known for writing a ____ within a ____
4. Hamlet is a hero as a ____ legend
6. This condition causes gloominess and depression
9. This kind of flaw brings down a hero
10. An example of this kind of character is the gravedigger
12. The tax Vikings collected from the English
16. Why might Ophelia killed herself (in addition to grief)
18. Ophelia kept this plant for herself; it means regret
19. The play would be this many hours long if performed
completely
20. The definition of contumely (2 words)
22. The full title: The Tragedy of Hamlet, ____ of Denmark
23. What kind of songs did Ophelia sing?
25. The actor Hamlet was written for (first and last name)
26. This is a male servant or tricky fellow
29. This is the title of Pololnius (2 words)
30. Audiences would be familiar with these allusions (2 words/example:
Achilles)
31. Amleth becomes this unlike Hamlet
34. Amleth is from this country of origin
35. Where (country) is Wittenberg University?
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1. The monarchs Shakespeare wrote for (includes “and”)
2. This conflict existed between adult and Child Theater companies (4
words)
5. The definition of fardels
7. The 1948 film version of Hamlet won this
8. Monarch who used incest for reason to divorce (first name only)
11. The definition of bare bodkin
13. The definition of quietus
14. This is a poison from the nightshade family
15. Narrative depicting serious events
17. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern inspired this kind of play
21. This real courtier may have inspired Polonius (first and last name)
24. The definition of orisons
27. This is the approximate number of lines
28. This many months pass between Hamlet deaths
32. It is rumored Shakespeare played this role in the play
33. How old is Hamlet?