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To Be or Not Tobe

The document provides a character list for William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It introduces the main characters: Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark; his uncle Claudius, who is the new King of Denmark; Gertrude, Hamlet's mother and the Queen; and other supporting characters including Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes, Horatio, and Fortinbras. It also mentions the Ghost of Hamlet's father that appears.

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To Be or Not Tobe

The document provides a character list for William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It introduces the main characters: Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark; his uncle Claudius, who is the new King of Denmark; Gertrude, Hamlet's mother and the Queen; and other supporting characters including Polonius, Ophelia, Laertes, Horatio, and Fortinbras. It also mentions the Ghost of Hamlet's father that appears.

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Character List

• Hamlet: The Prince of Denmark. About 30


years old at the start of the play, Hamlet is
the son of Queen Gertrude and the late King
Hamlet, and the nephew
of the present king,
Cladius.
•Claudius: The King of
Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle,
and the play’s antagonist
• Gertrude: The Queen of
Denmark, Hamlet’s
mother, recently
married to Claudius
• Polonius: The Lord
Chamberlain of
Claudius’ court; father
of Laertes and Ophelia
• Horatio: Hamlet’s close
friend, who studied with
him at the university in
Wittenberg
• Ophelia:
Polonius’s
daughter, who
obeys her father
and her brother,
Laertes. Hamlet
has been in love
with her.
• Laertes:
Polonius’s son
and Ophelia’s
brother
• Fortinbras: The young Prince of
Norway, whose father the king (also
named Fortinbras) was killed by
Hamlet’s father (also named Hamlet).
• The Ghost: The specter of Hamlet’s
recently deceased father
• Marcellus and

Bernardo: Officers
who first see the
ghost and who call
Horatio to witness it.
Marcellus is present
when Hamlet first
encounters the ghost.

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