Across
- 1. What Hamlet calls Rosencrantz for soaking up the King's favors.
- 8. To be or not to be is Hamlet's famous ____
- 10. Protagonist, the Prince of Denmark, seeking revenge for his father's murder.
- 11. A famous speech delivered by Hamlet, beginning with "To be or not to be".
- 12. The location of the castle where the play is set.
- 13. The method used to murder King Hamlet and eventually kills Gertrude, Laertes, and Hamlet.
- 14. The deceased court jester whose skull Hamlet discovers in the churchyard.
- 17. Hamlet's mother, the Queen of Denmark, who quickly marries Claudius.
- 18. Polonius's son who seeks revenge for his father's and sister's deaths.
Down
- 2. Polonius's daughter and Hamlet's love interest who goes mad and drowns.
- 3. The specter of Hamlet's deceased father, Old Hamlet, who reveals the murder.
- 4. A key theme explored as Hamlet feigns insanity to uncover the truth.
- 5. The tapestry behind which Polonius hides before being stabbed by Hamlet.
- 6. The genre of the play, culminating in the death of the main characters.
- 7. Lord Chamberlain and counselor to the King, a pompous man who is killed by Hamlet while hiding behind an arras.
- 9. The state where "something is rotten".
- 15. The central theme and driving force behind Hamlet's actions.
- 16. Hamlet's loyal best friend who studies with him at Wittenberg University.