| Hamlet | prince of Denmark, son of the late king Hamlet and Gertrude |
| Queen Gertrude | widow of King Hamlet, now married to Claudius |
| King Claudius | brother to late king Hamlet, also murdered him |
| Ophelia | sister of Laertes and daughter of Polonius, love interest of Hamlet |
| Laertes | brother of Ophelia and son of Polonius |
| Polonius | father of Ophelia and Laertes, advisor/counsellor to king Claudius |
| Reynaldo | servant to Polonius |
| Horatio | Hamlet’s friend and confidant |
| Yorick | former jester, Hamlet finds his skull and changes his life around |
| Voltemand, Cornelius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Osric, Gentleman, a lord | courtiers at the danish court |
| Francisco, Barnardo, Marcellus | danish soldiers |
| Fortinbras | King of Norway and a captain in the army of Norway |
| Gravedigger, 2 Messengers, Sailors, Gravediggers friend, and Doctor of Divinity | Extra characters |
| What country are they in? | Denmark |
| Where is the ghost of Hamlet’s father? | Purgatory |
| Why do Claudius and Gertrude hire Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? | To tell them how Hamlet is really feeling |
| Why doesn’t Hamlet kill Claudius while he’s praying? | Because he wants him to go to hell and not heaven. |
| Hamlet speaks to the skull of ____. | Yorick |
| What is the order of Claudius, Gertrude, and Hamlets deaths? | Gertrude, Claudius, Laertes, Hamlet |
| Where does Hamlet go to school? | Wittenberg |
| How old is Hamlet? | 30 |
| Claudius sends ____ to convince Hamlet to fight Laertes. | Ozric |
| Fortinbras is from | Norway |
| Whats _____ To him that he should mourn for her? | Hecuba |
| How do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern die? | Hamlet forges a letter telling the english people to kill them. |
| Why does Claudius originally not want Hamlet to go back to college? | Because his mother is going through an emotional time and she needs him nearby, as well as the fact that he has a filial obligation to be next in line for the throne. |
| The gravedigger interchanges the word DAMNATION with _____. | SALVATION |
| Before he dies, Hamlet appoints _____ to be the next king of Denmark. | Fortinbras |
| How did Claudius kill Hamlet? | By putting poison in his ear |
| “DESOI LOGOI” | greek idea that everything is two sided,so there is no right or wrong |
| Mimesis | Imitation |
| Peripeteia | Reversal |
| Anagenesis | Recognition |
| Catharsis | purging of pity and fear |
| “ATE” | delusion |
| Morra | Fate |
| Hamartia | Fatal Flaw |
| Aristotle’s definition of tragedy summary | tragedy is the process of imitating an action with serious implications |
| 1st soliloquy | Claudius has told Hamlet to stop grieving for his father, and hamlet says he wants to die and he feels like his flesh is gonna melt |
| 2nd soliloquy | This is after Hamlet speaks to the ghost, he talks about how he is anguished and the globe of his mind (also representing the globe theater). He says he will forget what he has learned and read and will be devoted to revenge.- villan villan smiling damned villan is in this |
| 3rd soliloquy | describes the murder of hecuba during the fall of troy, chastes himself for not murdering claudius. Thinks of putting on a play to prove Claudius’ guilt |
| 4th soliloquy | to be or not to be… |
| 5th soliloquy | after hamlets interaction with ophelia, claudius just decided to send him back to england, and in the soliloquy he decides that he must enact revenge now |
| 6th soliloquy | cant kill claudius cuz hes praying and he doesn’t want him to go to heaven |
| 7th soliloquy | just talked with fortinbras, realizes how stupid their war is, and realizes how the war he is waging against claudius is far more important |
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August 4, 2019