| Hamlet | The Prince of Denmark, the title character, and the protagonist. 30 yo, the son on the queen Gertude and the late king hamlet, nephew of the present king(Claudious) studied at the university of Wittenberg |
| Claudius | The king of Denmark, Hamlets uncle and the plays antagonist. the villian of the play. politician |
| Gertrude | The queen of denmark, Hamlets mother, remarried to Claudius |
| Polonius | The lord Chamberlain of claudius court, a pompous, cinnving old man, father of Laertes and Ophelia |
| Horatio | Hamlets close friend, studied with the prince at the university in Wittenberg, tells hamlets story after he dies |
| Ophelia | Polonius daughter, in love with hamlet |
| Laetes | Polonius son and Ophelias brother in france |
| Fortinbras | the young prince if Norway, whose father the king was killed by Hamlets father and wants revenge |
| The ghost | the spectator of Hamlets dead father. Claimed to have been murder by claudius wants Hamlet to avenge him |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern | Two slightly bumbling courtiers, former friends of Hamlet are summoned by Claudius and Gerttude to discover the cause of Hamlets strange behavior |
| Osric | The foolish courtier who summons Hamlet to his duel with Laetes |
| Voltimand and Cornelius | Courties whom Claudius sends to Norway to persuade the King to pervent Fortinbras from attacking |
| Marcellus and Bernardo | The officers who first see the ghost walking the ramparts of Elsinore and who summon Horation to witness it. Marcellus is present when Hamelt first encouters the ghost. |
| Francisco | A soldier and guardsman at Elsinore |
| Reynaldo | Polonius servant, who is sent to France by Polonius ti check up on and spy on Laertes |
Hamlet character list
August 27, 2019