Characters
The name of Hamlet's father.
Hamlet Sr.
The country that the play is set in.
Denmark
The identity of the ghost.
The King (Hamlet Sr.)
Hamlet's main goal that is established in this Act
To avenge his father's death
The daughter of Polonius.
Ophelia
The two countries that are at war with each other.
Norway and Denmark
The method that was used to kill the king.
The pouring of poison in his ear
The names of the two men who were with Hamlet when they saw the ghost.
Horatio and Marcellus
The time period that Hamlet was set in.
The Medieval Period
The amount of times the ghost appears to Marcellus, and Bernardo
Three
This character tells Ophelia to break up with Hamlet
Laertes OR Polonius
King Claudius does this late at night.
party and drink
The uncertainty regarding the ghost
It could be either be a demon or Hamlet's father
This character is sweet, innocent, and submissive
Ophelia
A term for when two characters serve as opposites of each other in identical situations
foil
The ghost tells Hamlet to leave this person alone.
Queen Gertrude
"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
Like an apple that looks good on the outside but rotten on the inside, there is hidden corruption in denmark