I.i, ii q

A. Answer the following questions:

1. Where does the play take place?

2. What is the first line of the play?

3. How does the first line function dramatically?

4. How does the first line function thematically?

B. Identify the following characters, and one key detail about each one.

5. Barnardo

6. Prince Fortinbras

7. King Hamlet

8. Claudius

9. Gertrude

10. Hamlet

When you are done, reread Hamlet's first soliloquy and try to paraphrase it.