Characters
The son of King Hamlet.
Prince Hamlet
The Chief Counselor/Lord Chamberlain of Claudius
Polonius
Hamlet feels that his mother betrayed her late husband when she does this.
Marries her husbands brother.
Hamlet takes place in this country.
Denmark.
"O, my prophetic soul."
Hamlet to Ghost
He is married to the widow of King Hamlet.
Claudius; his brother.
The location of Hamlet's University.
Wittenberg
King Hamlet was killed when this was poured into his ear.
Poison (ampoule of henbane)
Fortinbras is from this country.
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
Marcellus to Horatio
The relationship between Ophelia and Laertes.
They are siblings.
The ghost refers to Claudius as this.
A serpent.
This person runs into the woods in search for answers from the ghost.
These 2 countries are at war.
Denmark and Norway
"The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown."
Ghost to Hamlet
The fallen king that the ghost/spirit resembeled.
King Hamlet
He swore never to speak of what had transpired the night the ghost and Hamlet spoke.
Horatio
The reason Prince Hamlet is depressed at the beginning of the play.
He cannot return to Wittenberg to continue his studies; his father died.
The reason the 2 countries are at war.
King Hamlet had killed King Fortinbras and took back some land for Denmark.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Hamlet to Horatio
He is a guard at Elsinore (town in Denmark)
Bernardo
The 3 people who saw the ghost first.
Bernardo, Horatio and Marcellus
The point when Hamlet realized his destiny.
When he was told to take revenge on Claudius for killing his father.
The time period in which Hamlet is said to take place.
The Medieval Times
"Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice."
Polonius to Laertes