| King Hamlet | Killed Fortinbras killed by claudius |
| Claudius | King Hamlet’s Brother Married Gertrude Killed King Hamlet |
| Gertrude | Wife of King Hamlet and then King Claudius |
| Polonius | King Hamlet’s Cousin (Sec of State) |
| Prince Hamlet | Son of King Hamlet |
| Laertes | Son of Polonius |
| Ophelia | Daughter of Polonius lover of Hamlet |
| King Fortinbras | Killed by King Hamlet |
| Prince Fortinbras | Son of King Fortinbras of Norway |
| King Fortinbras’ Brother | Old Norway |
| Setting | Middle of Night Elsinore Castle Denmark |
| Who are the guards? | Bernardo Fransisco and Marcellus |
| Who is Horatio? | student who acts like guard |
| Where are they | Outside of castle on platform |
| Who does ghost resemble? What do they do about the ghost? | King Hamlet; Tell prince Hamlet |
| Who are claudius and gertrude and relationship to hamlet | king’s brother and wife married mother of hamlet |
| Who are Cornelius and Voltimand? What is their mission? | Messangers; take letter to uncle of young fortinbras |
| Laeretes? Situation similar to hamlet? | son of polonius; both college students come for funeral, coronation and wedding |
| Polonius? relationship to laertes? to ophelia? to claudius? | father of laertes and ophelia advisor to king claudius |
| Hamlet relation to Ophelia? | romantic |
| what current events are discussed as the sentries await the appearance of the ghost? How is the situation parallel in Norway? | young fortinbras wants to wage war against denmark both lost their kings |
| what possible reasons for the ghost’s appearance are discussed? | to warn prince hamlet about invasion |
| Situation in danish court? how is it unusual? | uncle has throne and not the heir hamletunusual to us not them |
| what attitude dominates hamlet’s personality? how does hamlet’s soliloquy reveal that attitude? | melancholy angry about hasty marriage bw claudius and gertrude |
| what is polonius’ advice to laertes and ophelia? | stop seeing hamlet (O) (9 advice sheet) |
| what warning does horatio give hamlet about ghost? | dont speak to the ghost it might be bad and lead to deathhamlet talks to the ghost no matter what |
| what does hamlet learn from the ghost? what does he swear? | father murdered by claudius 1.avenge death 2. leave mother to god |
| what does hamlet mean when he says he will “put an antic disposition on” what does he make his friends swear to? | act crazy to get attentionnever tell anyone bout what they saw at night |
Hamlet
September 25, 2019