Hamlet

Hamlet

1. King Hamlet

   • Claudius
     • King Hamlet's brother. Kills the king and marries the Queen Gertrude, inflicting upon Hamlet sever psychological conditions regarding their hasty, incestuous marriage, not a month after King Hamlet's death
   • Ghost of King Hamlet
     • The Ghost of King Hamlet springs from Purgatory to reveal to the son, Prince Hamlet, the news about his death, that Claudius murdered him by means of poison. This triggers in Hamlet the need for revenge and an acute sense of mourning and grief that impede his actions and future relations.

2. Gertrude

   • The incestuous queen. She notices the changes in behaviour of her son's, yet is unable to understand the madness that he displays throughout the play, since she can't see the Ghost of the King.