Hamlet Act 5

What happens at the beginning of Act 5?

• Gravediggers make fun of burying a suicide in holy ground.

• Laertes & Hamlet fight & struggle at Ophelia's grave.

• Hamlet picks up & contemplates the skull of Yorrick.

• Gertrude scatters flowers & says, "Sweets to the sweet."

What happens at Ophelia's grave?

• Laertes challenges Hamlet to a fencing duel over the grave.

• Hamlet & Laertes fist fight in her grave.

• The king & queen comfort Hamlet, overcome with grief.

• Ophelia's ghost visits them & warns of impending doom.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

• become heirs to Denmark's throne.

• escort Hamlet back to Denmark & apologize to the king.

• are killed by pirates before they return from England.

• are beheaded by the English instead of Hamlet.

How does Gertrude meet her death?

• She tries to stop the fight between Hamlet & Laertes.

• Claudius kills her, suspecting her of helping Hamlet.

• She kills herself after Hamlet's death.

• She drinks from the poisoned cup meant for Hamlet.

What happens to Laertes in Act 5?

• Hamlet stabs him with Laertes' own poisoned sword.

• He runs away with Gertrude after Hamlet kills Claudius.

• He drinks of the poisoned goblet.

• He kills Hamlet and flees.

Who survives at the end of the play?

• Horatio

• Gertrude

• Rosencrantz

• Laertes

What is the controversy surrounding Ophelia's death?

• whether or not she committed suicide

• whether she should be buried or not

• whether she is a man or a woman

How does Claudius die?

• Hamlet hits him with the sword AND forces him to drink from the poisoned cup.

• Hamlet pierces his heart with the fencing sword

• Hamlet decapitates his head

Who was Yorick?

• A general of the Denmark military.

• King Hamlet's court jester.

• The kings advisor before Polonius.

• Hamlet's fencing instructor.

Hamlet (and Ophelia) is an example of what type of hero?

• Tragic Hero

• Anti-hero

• Loner heroes