| Voltemand | Courtier at the Danish court. He gets word about Fortinbras |
| Rosencrantz | Courtier at the Danish court, and ex-friend of Hamlet |
| Norway | Homeland of Prince Fortinbras |
| Queen Gertrude | The widow of King Hamlet. She is now married to Claudius |
| Polonius | The father of Ophelia and Laertes, an councilor to King Claudius |
| Cornelius | Courtier at the Danish court (corny) |
| Hamlet | Prince of Denmark and son of the late King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude |
| Horatio | Hamlet’s friend and confidant |
| Hyperion | Mythical character Hamlet compares his father to (the sun god) |
| Guildenstern | Courtier at the Danish court, and ex-friend of Hamlet that can’t play the recorder as well as he can lie |
| Francisco, Bernardo, and Marcellus | Danish Soldiers |
| King Hamlet | Murdered by Claudius |
| Fortinabras | Prince of Norway |
| France | Laertes’ homeland |
| Orisic | Courtier at the Danish court, and refs the “game” between Laertes and Hamlet |
| Hebona | Name of poison used to kill the late Hamlet |
| Wittenburg | Hamlet and Horatio’s school |
| Frailty | Characteristic Hamlet compares all women to |
| niobe | Mythical character Hamlet compares his mother to. she wept endlessly for the death of her children |
| Denmark | Homeland of Hamlet and where the setting takes place in the play |
| Two Clowns | Gravediggers |
| Players | Actors who perform “The Murder of Gonzago” which Hamlet calls “The Mousetrap” to Claudius |
| Reynaldo | Servant to Polonius |
| The ghost | Hamlet’s dead father |
| Francisco | Guard who leaves during Act 1 Scene 1 |
| Laertes | the brother of Ophelia, and son of Polonius |
| Ophelia | Hamlet’s girlfriend. She is sister of Laertes, and the daughter of Polonius |
| King Claudius | Brother to the late King Hamlet |
Hamlet test
August 3, 2019