Zusammenfassung der Ressource
"Hamlet" Main Characters
- Hamlet, Prince of
Denmark The crown
prince of Denmark
(he is mad and sees
ghosts)
- Claudius, King of
Denmark (he has
usurped the throne
and married his
sister-in-law)
- Gertrude, Queen of
Denmark Prince
Hamlet's mother, King
Hamlet's widow, King
Claudius' wife.
- The Ghost Spirit of the
late King Hamlet,
condemned to walk the
earth until his soul is
cleansed of its sins.
- Polonius, The elderly Lord
Chamberlain, chief counselor to
Claudius
- Laertes, Polonius' son and
Ophelia's brother; he returns from
school because of King Hamlet's
death, goes back to Paris, and
then returns again after his own
father's murder
- Ophelia, Daughter of Polonius, sister
of Laertes, Ophelia is beloved of
Hamlet.
- Horatio, A commoner, Horatio went to
school with Hamlet and remains his
loyal best friend