Hamlet Literary Devices Quiz

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

The Ghost represents which literary device?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The recurring theme of appearance versus reality uses what device?

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

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

Ophelia’s madness and flowers serve as what device?

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

The skull of Yorick represents what literary element?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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