Hamlet Characters
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- Created on: 31-10-16 14:50
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- Hamlet Characters
- Hamlet
- He is introspective, thinking a lot about his actions
- He seeks the truth so he can be certain that what he does is the right thing
- He is indecisive and fails to decide what to do throughout
- He wants to do the right thing and does have ambition to be the next king
- He has strong religious beliefs
- Gertrude
- She married Claudius because she loved him and wanted to be Queen
- The role of women at this time was to be subservient and it would have been a lonely place for her if she wasn't Queen
- It is Gertrude's behaviour that destroys Hamlet's faith in the fidelity of women, which he later takes out of Ophelia
- Claudius
- On the surface he seems to be a good King capable of dealing with the politic issues of war
- He has clearly killed King Hamlet to get the throne for himself and gradually his guilt become more obvious to the audience
- He must love Gertrude to have married her
- Polonius
- Seen as foolish by Hamlet and seems to be a rambling old man, but he can be seen as evil and cunning
- He is loyal to Claudius, acting out his spying plans for him
- He shows his lack of trust; ironic for someone who is working for a traitor.
- The Ghost
- The appearance of the ghost was relevant contextually
- action comes as a result of what the ghost tells Hamlet
- Horatio
- He acts as a sounding board for Hamlet
- He is loyal, supportive and rational
- Orphelia
- An innocent character, her madness is genuine, unlike Hamlet's pretence
- She is loyal to her father
- Laertes
- He is a loyal son and an honourable man
- Laertes is much more rash than Hamlet
- Hamlet
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