1. Hamlet William Shakespeare

2. Agree or Disagree?
Power Corrupts.

3. Revenge is the only way to gain true justice.
Agree or Disagree?
Revenge is the only way to gain true justice.

4. A person's immoral choices typically come back to haunt him/her.
Agree or Disagree?
A person's immoral choices typically come back to haunt him/her. 

5. Regardless of their actions, you should always be loyal to family.
Agree or Disagree?
Regardless of their actions, you should always be loyal to family.

6. Agree or Disagree?
Ghost are real.

7. “This above all — to thine own self be true”
Agree or Disagree?
“This above all — to thine own self be true”
Polonius Act I Sc. iii

8. Hamlet
Son of a murdered Danish king and nephew of present king (Claudius).
Suffers mental anguish over death of his father, marriage of his mother to his uncle
Torn by desire to enact revenge and his moral sense of right and wrong

9. Claudius
King of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle
Becomes King after Hamlet’s father’s death
Hamlet suspects him of the murder
Gertrude
Queen of Denmark; Hamlet’s mother and widow of the former king
Her marriage to Claudius within two months of her husband’s death troubles Hamlet…duh.

10. Ophelia Daughter of Polonius
Loves Hamlet but his rejection of her during his feigned madness causes a pathological reaction, I.e. she gets a little nutty

11. Minor Characters
Polonius: butt-kissing Lord Chamberlain of King Claudius
Horatio: Hamlet’s best friend - remains loyal to Hamlet to the end, “Good night, sweet prince…”
Laertes: Ophelia’s brother. His impulsiveness makes him Hamlet’s foil.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: “friends” of Hamlet from school. They work as spies for the King - Hamlet is quick to smell out their treachery

12. Setting
Most of the play takes place in Elsinore Castle in Eastern Denmark.
Some action takes place in the following places:
A plain in Denmark
A graveyard near Elsinore
A ship bound for England from Denmark (offstage)

13. Themes Hamlet’s inability to act (paralysis)
Corruption based on inherited sin (More Cain and Abel)
Revenge as Redemption
loyalty vs. doubt
Madness under the mask of sanity
The Meaninglessness of existence

14. Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
-Machiavelli