Characters
This person is Hamlet's uncle (and his new stepfather)
Claudius
What is the ghost wearing when it appears at night?
Armor and a helmet
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern hire these traveling entertainers to cheer up Hamlet. Hamlet is pleased, but not in the way that they expected...
Actors
My lord, I think I saw him yesternight [...] The King; your father.
Horatio to Hamlet
These two characters are the only women in the entire play
Queen Gertrude and Ophelia
She may have been in a relationship with Hamlet--that is, until her family told her to stay away from him.
Ophelia
King Hamlet's ghost reveals that his brother, Claudius, did this to him.
Polonius believes that Hamlet's behavior is all due to this.
Hamlet is mad with heartbreak
Thus was I, by a brother's hand, of life, of crown, of queen, at once dispatched.
King Hamlet's Ghost to Hamlet
This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
Polonius to Laertes
This character is Hamlet's classmate at Wittenberg and his best friend
Horatio
Hamlets believes that his mother is technically guilty of this, even if Claudius was only her brother in law.
Incest
Hamlet goes here the morning after meeting his father's ghost. He also doesn't seem to be in the right frame of mind...
To Ophelia's room
My lord, he hath importuned me with love in honorable fashion, and hath given countenance to his speech, my lord, with almost all the holy vows of heaven.
Ophelia to Polonius
These two characters are the only siblings in the entire play (not counting step-siblings and in-laws).
Laertes and Ophelia
He's still the king's advisor, even if his advice isn't always the best.
Polonius
Laertes has not been around since Act 1 due to fact that he has returned to school in this European country.
France
Hamlet plans to do this to prove King Claudius' guilt
Stage a play that resembles his father's murder.
In the beaten way of friendship, were you sent for? Is it your own inclining? Is it a free visitation? Come, come, deal justly with me.Be even and direct with me whether you were sent for or now.
Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Do not forever with thy vailed lids seek for thy noble father in the dust. Thou knowest 'tis common: all that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity.
Queen Gertrude to Hamlet
These two bumbling fools are old friends of Hamlet's; unfortunately, they're not very good at getting information out of him...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
This character was secretly preparing to invade Denmark, and all to avenge his dead father.
Young Fortinbras
Polonius hatches these two plans to gather information about other characters. Please describe both.
His servant will spread rumors about Laertes (to see what comes back)
He and the king will hide behind a tapestry and watch Hamlet speak with Ophelia.
Do not forever with thy vailèd lids seek for thy noble father in the dust. Thou know’st ’tis common; all that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity.
Queen Gertrude to Hamlet
The Ghost gives Hamlet these two important warnings about getting revenge
Do not corrupt/taint your mind
Do not plot against your mother