Hamlet - Key Quotes and Creative Tasks

English
Grade 7
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A worksheet focusing on key quotes from Hamlet, featuring a substantial extract and creative writing tasks centered around the theme of mystery.

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Hamlet - Key Quotes and Creative Tasks

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Key Extract from Hamlet's Soliloquy

To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them. To die—to sleep, No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to: ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause—there’s the respect That makes calamity of so long life.
1.
Identify a literary device used in the line 'To die—to sleep; No more;' and explain its effect.
[2 marks]
2.
What theme is primarily explored in this extract?
Aa) Love
Bb) Revenge
Cc) Mortality and Existentialism
Dd) Ambition
3.
Describe in one or two sentences what Hamlet is contemplating in this soliloquy.
[2 marks]
4.
Analyze the tone of Hamlet’s speech. How does Shakespeare create this mood?
5.
Identify and explain one metaphor in this extract.
[2 marks]
6.
How does the structure of this soliloquy contribute to its meaning?
[2 marks]
7.
Imagine you are Hamlet. Write a short speech explaining your feelings about mortality, using at least two literary devices.
8.
In the context of this extract, what is the significance of the phrase 'to take arms against a sea of troubles'?

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Created
12/31/2025
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12/31/2025
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