HAMLET TIME

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Across
  1. 6. The type of death Ophelia experiences.
  2. 10. The theater company that Westminster seniors will visit to see a performance of Hamlet.
  3. 14. Who Prince Hamlet mistakenly kills.
  4. 15. Hamlet is this type of play.
  5. 17. One of the major reasons that Claudius cannot be seen to be at odds with Prince Hamlet.
  6. 20. Besides Mr. Smith, this is the other Westminster faculty member who will be driving seniors to see the ASF production of Hamlet.
  7. 21. Who Prince Hamlet entrusts with his story and asks to tell it after he (Hamlet) has died.
  8. 22. What Claudius demands once Hamlet's little play has Claudius shook.
  9. 23. The method used for Laertes' and Hamlet's duel.
  10. 29. The play Hamlet has the Players perform for his uncle, the King.
  11. 31. Is Hamlet an ancient, medieval, or modern play?
  12. 32. The reason, Hamlet believes, most people do not escape their suffering by ending their lives and going to the "undiscovered country."
  13. 33. Possibly the one role Hamlet most embraces by the end of the play (not lover, student, poet, philosopher, or prince). It is referenced by Fortinbras.
  14. 35. The castle in which the majority of the action of Hamlet occurs.
  15. 37. The country of King Hamlet's and then King Claudius's kingdom.
  16. 38. The number of characters who die throughout the course of the play.
  17. 40. Roughly the run time of a performance of Hamlet.
  18. 42. This character sadly admits, "Thou turn’st my eyes into my very soul/And there I see such black and grieved spots."
  19. 43. Hamlet studies the skull of this former family friend, while he (Hamlet) meditates on life and death.
  20. 46. One of Hamlet's rivals, who Hamlet later asks for forgiveness.
  21. 47. The playwright of Hamlet.
  22. 48. This character is a living testament to the dangers of being a nosey, busy-body.
  23. 49. The location of the university where Horatio and Hamlet have studied.
  24. 50. This character provides comedic relief at the beginning of Act 5.
Down
  1. 1. In what city and state will the class of 2025 see a performance of Hamlet?
  2. 2. Where the post-play meal will be purchased.
  3. 3. This character sends for Hamlet after the 'drama' of Hamlet's little play blows things up.
  4. 4. This actress played Ophelia in the lengthy Kenneth Branaugh film-version of Hamlet that Mr. Smith's class viewed.
  5. 5. What Hamlet pretends (or maybe does not pretend) until he can exact revenge for his father's death.
  6. 7. The form in which King Hamlet visits his son, Prince Hamlet.
  7. 8. Who Polonius sends to France to spy on his son, Laertes.
  8. 9. Maybe the most famous question any of Shakespeare's characters ask.
  9. 11. Childhood friends of Hamlet, who betray him.
  10. 12. How Hamlet informs Claudius he (Hamlet) will return to the kingdom. (It means "defenseless.")
  11. 13. This character is romantically involved with Hamlet.
  12. 16. The month and day the Westminster seniors travel to see a performance of Hamlet.
  13. 18. The birthplace of William Shakespeare: Stratford upon __________.
  14. 19. The sin that Hamlet believes his mother is committing by marrying and being intimate with Claudius.
  15. 24. Where King Hamlet is assassinated.
  16. 25. What Hamlet writes to turn the tables on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. It is a __________ letter.
  17. 26. As Fortinbras marches toward Elsinore, the Danes believe he will march past them and attack what country?
  18. 27. This is used to kill King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude.
  19. 28. What Hamlet is afraid Claudius might experience if he (Hamlet) were to kill Claudius while Claudius is at prayer.
  20. 30. Who reveals the location of Polonius's body?
  21. 34. This character desperately wants to confess to his or her crimes but cannot bring himself or herself to do so.
  22. 36. This person, in attendance with Mr. Smith to see a performance of Hamlet, fell asleep before the first intermission.
  23. 39. The Norwegian prince who becomes the King of Denmark.
  24. 41. These sea-faring fellows return Hamlet to Denmark after Hamlet's exile.
  25. 44. Claudius sends Hamlet to this country with the hopes that their rulers will help him (Claudius) with his 'Hamlet problem.'
  26. 45. A euphemism used to describe the power of William Shakespeare's artistic genius and the general power of Mr. Smith's son.