Hamlet

Hamlet

1. Queen Gertrude

   • Hamlet's Mother
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   • Widow of late king
   • Married her Brother in law
   • Loves Hamlet dearly
   • Accidentally drinks the poison meant for Hamlet

2. Hamlet Sr.

   • Hamlet's Father
   • Husband of Queen Gertrude
   • Late King
   • Now a ghost
   • Killed Fortinbras Senior

3. King Claudius

   • Brother to late King
   • Married
   • Hamlet's Uncle & Stepfather
   • Messengers
     • Sent to Norway
     • Voltimand
     • Cornellius
   • Murderer who poisoned hos own brother
   • Accidentally poisons Queen Gertrude
   • Seduced his brother's wife

4. Ophelia

   • Daughter of Polonius
   • Sister of Laertes
   • Love interest of Hamlet
   • Siblings
   • Children
   • Was used to spy on Hamlet and see if she is the reason he is crazy
   • Naive and needs the men in her life
     • Goes crazy after the death of her father
       • Eventually commits suicide
     • Is lost without Hamlet and her father

5. Laertes

   • Siblings
   • Children
   • Goes to France
   • Son of lord Polonius
   • Brother to Ophelia
   • Returns from France to avenge his father
     • Makes a plan with Claudius
       • Nicks Hamlet with his poisoned blade and Hamlet is killed
       • Is also wounded withe poisoned blade and dies
         • Forgives Hamlet before dying

6. Lord Polonius

   • Advisor to the king
   • Children
   • Father of
     • Laertes
     • Ophelia
   • Hamlet thinks him an old fool
   • Has a servant
     • Reynaldo
       • Hired to spy on Laertes
   • Is accidentally killed by Hamlet
   • Devises a plan to spy on Hamlet

7. Guards

   • Marcellus
   • Bernardo
   • Francisco

8. Childhood Friends

   • Guildenstern
   • Rosencrantz
   • Brought to find out what is troubling Hamlet
   • Hamlet doesn't trust them
     • Hamlet has the two of them killed

9. Horatio

   • Scholar
   • Only person Hamlet trusts
     • Helps Hamlet determine whether the king is guilty after the play
   • Hamlet's Best friend
     • Ordered by Hamlet not to commit suicide but to tell Hamlet's story
       • Informs Fortinbras of the tragedy and tells him Hamlet wished him king

10. Fortinbras Jr.

    • Prince of Norway
    • Opposite of Hamlet
    • Tried to take revenge for his father

11. Yorick

    • Skull of the late court jester
      • Allows Hamlet to ponder the finality of death