Hamlet+-+Characters

=Hamlet= ** Hamlet ** ** Characters **


 * ** Bernardo - ** Members of the King’s guard who perform the night watch guard at Elsinore
 * ** Claudius - ** newly crowned King of Denmark and brother to deceased King Hamlet, married to the king’s widow, Gertrude, Hamlet’s uncle
 * ** Cornelius - ** a courtier at Claudius’ court
 * ** Doctor/Priest - ** Doctor of Divinity, or priest
 * ** Fortinbras- ** Prince of Norway; his father was killed in battle by King Hamlet.
 * ** Francisco - ** members of the King’s guard who perform the night watch guard at Elsinore
 * ** Gentlewoman **
 * ** Gertrude - ** Queen of Denmark, and Hamlet’s mother. Married to Claudius, the brother of her first husband deceased King Hamlet
 * ** Ghost - ** spirit of Hamlet‘s dead father, previous King of Denmark and husband to Gertrude
 * ** Gravedigger - ** A man who digs Ophelia’s grave ** : First Gravedigger, Second Gravedigger **
 * ** Hamlet ** Prince of Denmark, son of the deceased King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude and nephew of King Claudius.
 * ** Horatio - ** a Hamlet’s best friend and confidant at Wittenberg
 * ** King Hamlet - ** deceased King of Denmark, Prince Hamlet’s father.
 * ** Laertes - ** Polonius’ son and Ophelia‘s brother
 * ** Marcellus - ** Members of the King’s guard who perform the night watch guard at Elsinore
 * ** Ophelia - ** Polonius’ daughter, in love with Hamlet
 * ** Osric - ** a courtier at Claudius’ court
 * ** Players - ** Actors hired by Hamlet to perform a play reenacting his father’s murder: Lucianus - a character in the play-within-the-play, Player Queen, Player King
 * ** Polonius - ** Chief Counselor to Claudius; his right-hand man, father of Ophelia and Laertes
 * ** Reynaldo - ** a servant of Polonius
 * ** Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - ** Hamlet’s friends from school and King’s courtiers summoned by Claudius to spy on Hamlet.
 * ** Voltemand - ** a courtier at Claudius’ court