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- Prince of Denmark - Student: University of Wittenberg - Personality: Indecisive & hesitant/ rash & impulsive
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Hamlet
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- King of Denmark (Hamlet's Uncle) - Loves Gertrude - Personality: logical, ambitious, manipulating, is ruthless to stay in power - The "Villain"
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Claudius
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- Queen of Denmark (Hamlet's Mother) - Recently married Claudius - Hamlet's opinion: she is seen as weak, driven by lust
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Gertrude
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- The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court - Father of Laertes & Ophelia - Personality: conniving, leaps to wrong conclusions
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Polonius
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- Hamlet's close friend and peer - Personality: loyal, helpful, even temper - Hamlet trusts him more than anyone else
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Horatio
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- Polonius's daughter - Hamlet's love - Personality: sweet, innocent, later becomes mad when her father dies
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Ophelia
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- Polonius's son - Lives mostly in France - Personality- passionate, quick to action, agonized Hamlet
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Laertes
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- Norway's young prince - Father was killed by Hamlet's father - Seeks revenge by attacking Denmark
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Fortinbras
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- Hamlet's dead father - Claims to be murdered by Claudius - Wishes Hamlet to avenge his death
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The Ghost
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- Bumbling courtiers - Former peers of Hamlet - Hired by Claudius & Gertrude to uncover the reason of Hamlet's strange behavior
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Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
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- Foolish courtier - Summons Hamlet to his duel with Laertes - Speeches are difficult to understand
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Osric
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- Courtiers - Claudius sends them Norway to persuade the king to prevent Fortinbras from
attacking
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Voltimand & Cornelius
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- Officers - Eyewitnesses of The Ghost
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Marcellus & Barnardo
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- Soldier & guardsman at Elsinore
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Francisco
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- Polonius's servant - Sent to France by Polonius to spy on Laertes
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Reynaldo
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