Hamlet Literary Devices Quiz

The play-within-a-play is an example of what dramatic device?

The Ghost represents which literary device?

Polonius’s death behind the arras represents what structural device?

Claudius’s poisoned cup and sword are examples of what device?

Hamlet’s self-criticism for inaction reveals what literary concept?

What device is used when Hamlet speaks his private thoughts aloud on stage?

When Claudius prays for forgiveness but cannot repent, what device is shown?

When Hamlet calls Polonius a “fishmonger,” what device is at play?

The phrase “A little more than kin, and less than kind” is an example of what?

What literary device is used in the phrase “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”?

The skull of Yorick represents what literary element?

When Hamlet says, “My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth,” it demonstrates what device?

The line “I am but mad north-north-west” employs what device?

Hamlet calling Denmark a “prison” is an example of what?

The phrase “To be or not to be” is an example of what device?

The Ghost’s command “Remember me” illustrates which device?

When the audience knows Claudius’s guilt but Hamlet does not, it creates what?

The recurring imagery of disease throughout the play represents what device?

When Hamlet compares death to sleep, it’s an example of what?

Hamlet’s use of “Frailty, thy name is woman” is an example of what?

Ophelia’s madness and flowers serve as what device?

The phrase “The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” contains which device?

Hamlet’s feigned madness serves as what kind of device?

The recurring theme of appearance versus reality uses what device?

The line “O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven” is an example of what?

“Brevity is the soul of wit” is an example of what device?

The line “Good night, sweet prince” employs what device?

Hamlet’s interaction with the Gravediggers adds what device to the play?

Hamlet’s hesitation to kill Claudius serves as what device?

When Gertrude drinks the poisoned wine, it demonstrates what dramatic device?