Character Names
Players
Hamlet
100

The King of Denmark and Hamlet's uncle

Claudius

100

The reason that the players had come to Denmark

They had lost their theater

100

The reason Hamlet believes that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are here

They were sent for by the king and queen

200

Hamlet's girlfriend and daughter of Polonius

Ophelia

200

The group the troupe of actors lost their theater to

A group of child actors

200

The reason Polonius thought Hamlet was acting insane

Love sickness

300

Hamlet's two childhood friends

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

300

The play that Hamlet requests

The Murder of Gonzago

300

Hamlet's expression of love that is presented to the king and queen

A love letter/note

400

The man Polonius sends to monitor Laertes in France

Reynaldo

400

Hamlet's requested addition to the play

A speech of his own creation

400

Hamlet's purpose in putting on this play

Figure out whether Claudius had killed his father

500

Both of the ambassadors sent to Norway

Voltemand and Cornelius

500

The speech that Hamlet and the First Player begin to recite

Aeneas' speech

500

Career that Hamlet pretends to believe Polonius has

Fishmonger

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