Description
Have your students analyze characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in a fun, collaborative, and highly engaging way with Character Collabs, a hands-on character analysis project designed to deepen comprehension and promote meaningful discussion.
In this activity, students use multiple characterization methods to build a detailed profile of a chosen character from Hamlet. Through close reading, inference, and textual evidence, students demonstrate their understanding of the play while creating a visually striking poster that showcases their analysis in a creative format. This project encourages students to think critically about motivation, relationships, and internal conflict while fostering empathy for complex literary characters.
As students work together, they also practice collaboration, communication, and accountability, making this project ideal for group work, stations, or culminating assessments. The finished posters double as eye-catching classroom displays that reinforce learning long after the project is complete.
This resource includes Character Collabs posters for 11 major characters from Hamlet, including Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Polonius, Horatio, Laertes, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Fortinbras, and the Ghost. Each poster is composed of six pieces of paper that can be printed on standard copy paper or cardstock and assembled into a final display measuring 28” x 15” once completed.
Everything you need is included to ensure smooth implementation and strong student outcomes. You’ll receive a comprehensive teacher guide, clear student directions, a detailed rubric, a brainstorm worksheet to support planning, blank coloring pages for each character, answer keys, examples of completed projects, and digitally colored sample posters for every character. Editable versions of the directions, rubric, and brainstorm worksheet are also included, making it easy to customize this project to fit your classroom needs.
Perfect for middle school and high school ELA, this Hamlet character analysis project transforms close reading into an interactive, collaborative experience your students will remember.