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Hamlet (Claudius (Ambitious, Greedy, selfish, Manipulative, He is Hamlets…
Hamlet
Claudius
- Ambitious, Greedy, selfish, Manipulative
He is Hamlets uncle who murders Hamlets father by dropping poison in his ear. He ends taking over as king and marries Hamlet mother.
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- Guilty but enjoys what he has now
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- Hamlet is jealous of Claudius, tense & strained relationship. Power struggle
Gertrude
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- Convincing herself of her actions
- Turned a blind eye to the death of King Hamlet
- Set up Polonius to get killed?
- She defied the king to show her loyalty to her son Hamlet, so that if Hamlet outed Claudius, Hamlet would be more likely to forgive and protect his mother.
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Horatio
- Loyal, truth worthy, noble and wise
- Acts out of logic and not emotions
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- He protects Hamlet & is so sad for Hamlets death he tries to drink the poison himself.
Laertes
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- Takes action, Impulsive/rash
- Emotionally driven, seeks justice
- Manipulated to getting involved in corruption
- Suspicious of Hamlet - didn't want Ophelia to be with and didn't trust him.
Polonius
The father of Ophelia. He gets murdered by Hamlet while he is spying on Hamlet and his mother. Hamlet stabs at the curtain believing it to be Claudius but ends up being Polonius.
- Public reputation focused - sense of self-importance
- Ingratiate himself with the new king
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Ophelia
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- Caught in the cross-fire of Hamlet's revenge
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- Hamlet fell for her but felt betrayed by her insincerity.
The Ghost
Hamlet's actual father who comes back as a ghost and tells Hamlet about the truth of his death. He then orders Hamlet to avenge his death by killing Claudius.
Hamlet is a strategic genius that is shown as a melancholy character because of his surrounding circumstances. Philosophical nature