Hamlet: Act 1 New Characters (in order of appearance) Barnardo and Marcellus Laertes

Horatio

Polonius

Ghost

Hamlet

King Claudius

Queen Gertrude

Cornelius and Voltemand

Ophelia

Plot Synopsis In your own words, summarize what happened in each scene of this act. 1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

Important Quotes 1) A little more than kin and less than kind. (p. 25) Who said it/to whom: 5) Neither a borrower or a lender be: For loan oft loses both itself and friend. (p. 43) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

Importance:

2) O, That this too too solid flesh would melt, thaw, and resolve itself into a dew. (p. 29) Who said it/to whom:

6) This above allto thine ownself be true.(p. 45) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

Importance:

3) Frailty, thy name is woman! (p. 29) Who said it/to whom:

7) Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. (p.55) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

Importance:

4) Thrift, thrift, Horatio! The funeral bakd meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. (p. 33) Who said it/to whom

8) There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. (p. 67) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

Importance:

Hamlet: Act 2 New Characters (in order of appearance) Reynaldo

Rosencrantz

Guildenstern

Fortinbras

The Players

Plot Synopsis In your own words, summarize what happened in each scene of this act. 2.1

2.2

Important Quotes 1) More matter with less art. (p. 89) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

2) There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. (p. 99) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

3) I am but mad north, north-westI know a hawk from a handsaw. (p. 107) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

4) The plays the thing, wherein Ill catch the conscience of the king. (p. 119) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

Hamlet: Act 3 New Characters (in order of appearance) **Hint: these characters are all actors in the play within a play. Prologue

Player King

Player Queen

Lucianus

Plot Synopsis In your own words, summarize what happened in each scene of this act. 3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4

Important Quotes
1) To be or not to be, ---that is the question. (p. 127)

Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

2) Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. (p. 129) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

3) The lady doth protest too much, methinks. (p. 151) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

Hamlet: Act 4 New Characters (in order of appearance) Fortinbras Captain Gentleman Plot Synopsis In your own words, summarize what happened in each scene of this act. 4.1 4.5 Messenger Sailor

4.2

4.6

4.3

4.7

4.4

Important Quotes: 1) When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. (p. 209) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

2) I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died. (p. 217) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

Hamlet: Act 5 New Characters (in order of appearance) Gravedigger

Doctor

Osric

Lord

Plot Synopsis In your own words, summarize what happened in each scene of this act. 5.1

5.2

Important Quotes 1) Alas! Poor Yorick. I knew him well. (p. 249) Who said it/to whom:

Importance:

2) Lay her i the earth: And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring! (p. 253) Who said it/to whom:

Importance: