Hamlet book

Hamlet protagonist, dies in duel
Gertrude queen and hamlet’s mom, dies of poison drink
claudius king and hamlets uncle, antagonist, stabbed by hamlet
polonius father of Laertes and Ophelia, The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court
horatio hamlet’s close friend, stays alive to tell his story
ophelia polonius daughter, laertes sister, loves hamlet, drowns in the river
laertes polonius son, mostly in france, ophelia brother
fortinbras young prince of norway, father was killed by hamlets dad, wants to attack denmark
the ghost claims to be father, says claudius poisoned him,
rosencrantz and guildenstein former friends of Hamlet from Wittenberg, sent to spy on hamlet
osric who summons Hamlet to his duel with Laertes
Voltimand and Cornelius Courtiers whom Claudius sends to Norway to persuade the king to prevent Fortinbras from attacking.
Marcellus and Bernardo he officers who first see the ghost walking the ramparts of Elsinore and who summon Horatio to witness it. Marcellus is present when Hamlet first encounters the ghost.
Francisco A soldier and guardsman at Elsinore
Reynaldo Polonius’s servant, who is sent to France by Polonius to check up on and spy on Laertes.