He is afraid that his soul would be permanently blackened if he committed any more evil deeds.

He is protecting his wife. He thinks that Hamlet might try to hurt her if he is provoked.

He needs to save all of his strength for fighting the enemies from other countries.

Hamlet's mother would not want him harmed. The people of Denmark like him and would be upset if anything happened to him.

First he says he has "brought the fair body to the chapel." Then he says it is in a place where no harm will come to it.

First he says it is with the other vermin. Then he says it is on its way to England, so as not to desecrate good Danish soil.

First he says it is "not where he eats, but where he is eaten." Then he tells the King to look for him in Heaven, and if he can't find Polonius there, to go to "the other place (hell) himself.

First he says Polonius is now "keeping company with my dear dead father." Later he tells the King he has put the body on display in the marketplace for all the people to see, telling them that this is what happens to those who disobey the King.

The King wants Hamlet to be killed as soon as he reaches England.

 The King sends money to the King of England to pay for Hamlet's upkeep for one year.

The King sends a document saying that Hamlet is mad, and asking that he be imprisoned in the Tower of London until he regains his sanity.

It is a letter thanking the King of England for his help, and inviting him and his wife to visit Denmark the following spring.

He feels guilty for killing Polonius.

He realizes that his father has been murdered, his uncle is a murderer, his mother is living in an incestuous marriage, and the soldiers he has just seen are going to kill each other over a little piece of land which is not worth anything.

He decides to offer Rosencrantz and Guildenstern more money than the King is giving them, in the hopes that they will turn traitor on the King and murder him for Hamlet. He realizes that he is committing a wrong, but decides to do it anyway.

He realizes that he has been thinking about death and destruction almost constantly. He feels sad, and wonders if he will ever again be able to think peaceful thought.

She has married another man, chosen by her father.

She has gone to a convent in Norway.

She has defied her father and announced that she is going to England to be with Hamlet.

She has gone crazy.

He wants to marry Ophelia.

He wants to kidnap the Queen and hold her for ransom.

He wants to avenge his father's death.

He wants to be given the title to his father's lands.

He says he has escaped from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern onto a pirate ship, where he is being well treated. He asks Horatio to give letters to the King and Queen, and then to come to see him as quickly as possible.

He tells him about his old friend Yorick.

He expresses his regrets about the way he has treated Ophelia, but says that he has acted this way for a greater good.

He asks Horatio to talk to the Queen for him, he thinks she might listen to Horatio.

They will go to see him, disguised as beggars. Then they will rob him and kill him.

They plan to set up a duel between Laertes and Hamlet. Either Laertes will honorably kill Hamlet, or, if he survives, the King will poison him.

They plan to go to him and escort him back to Denmark. On the way, they will stage a shipwreck. They will leave Hamlet in the water to perish, and they will be rescued by another ship.

They plan to force Horatio to do it. If he refuses they will kill all the members of his family.

She has taken poison.

She has died of a broken heart.

She has fallen on her own knife.

She has drowned.

He says there is no one to pay for it, since Polonius is already dead.

He agrees and sets about preparing one.

He says she is lucky to be getting as nice of a funeral as she is, considering the nature of her death.

He says that women are inferior beings and only deserve very simple funerals.

He wants to make sure that she is really dead.

He shows that his sorrow is as great as Laertes.

He wants everyone to think he is still mad.

He wants to be buried alive so he can be with her forever.

The King tells Laertes not to worry, that he (Laertes) will soon have the appropriate time and place to kill Hamlet.

He offers Laertes money and a piece of land as consolation.

He tells Laertes he will have the priest say a special prayer to make sure Ophelia's soul goes to heaven.

He tells Laertes that he (the King) will exile Hamlet instead of killing him.

He pays a group of thugs to beat them and leave them for dead.

He offers them money and reminds them that the three of them used to be friends. He asks them to stay with him.

He arranged for them to be kidnapped and taken to Poland.

He replaced their letters (which called for Hamlet's execution) with letters which called for their executions.

The King has forgiven him and offered him safe passage.

The King and Queen are expecting a child.

The King has made a wager on Hamlet's behalf in a contest between Laertes and Hamlet.

The King has confessed to the murder of King Hamlet, and has renounced the throne. Hamlet is the new King of Denmark.

The Gravediggers

Hamlet

The Ghost

Ophelia

True

False

True

False

Grief

Ambition

Jealousy

Madness

That all are equal in death

That Hamlet killed Polonius

That the ghost is not at rest

That the Queen killed Ophelia