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1 HAMLET: PRINCE OF DENMARK
BY William Shakespeare

2 CAST OF CHARACTERS Hamlet - The Prince of Denmark
the title character, protagonist 30 years old son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet; nephew of the present king, Claudius. melancholy, bitter, and cynical full of hatred for his uncle’s scheming and disgust for his mother’s sexuality.

3 Gertrude -  The Queen of Denmark
Hamlet’s mother recently married to Claudius loves Hamlet deeply, but she is a shallow, weak woman who seeks affection and status more urgently than moral rectitude or truth.

4 Claudius - The King of Denmark
Hamlet’s uncle, and the play’s antagonist villain of the play calculating, ambitious politician, driven by his sexual appetites and his lust for power occasionally shows signs of guilt and human feeling—his love for Gertrude, for instance, seems sincere.

5 Polonius -  The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court
a pompous, conniving old man. the father of Laertes and Ophelia. Laertes -  Polonius’s son and Ophelia’s brother a young man who spends much of the play in France Passionate and quick to action clearly a foil for the reflective Hamlet.

6 Ophelia -  Polonius’s daughter
a beautiful young woman with whom Hamlet has been in love. a sweet and innocent young girl, who obeys her father and her brother, Laertes. dependent on men to tell her how to behave she gives in to Polonius’s schemes to spy on Hamlet

7 Horatio -  Hamlet’s close friend
loyal and helpful to Hamlet throughout the play re-tells Hamlet’s story at the end Fortinbras -  The young Prince of Norway whose father the king (also named Fortinbras) was killed by Hamlet’s father (also named Hamlet) wishes to attack Denmark to avenge his father’s honor, making him another foil for Prince Hamlet.

8 The Ghost - The specter of Hamlet’s recently deceased father
claims to have been murdered by Claudius, calls upon Hamlet to avenge him not entirely certain whether the ghost is what it appears to be, or whether it is something else Hamlet speculates that the ghost might be a devil sent to deceive him and tempt him into murder

9 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - 
two slightly bumbling courtiers former friends of Hamlet from school summoned by Claudius and Gertrude to discover the cause of Hamlet’s strange behavior

10 THEMES “By indirection, find direction out.” (Hamlet)
Death is a mystery that no one can explain Revenge can be a driving motivation that is unstoppable Lies and deceit destroy relationships Expectations are different for women than men

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