Secondary Characters
Obsessed with spying and control...
Polonius
“O, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt”
Hamlet
The widely accepted cause of King Hamlet’s death...
Serpent bite
The first character to witness Hamlet’s “antic disposition”
Ophelia
Climax of the play...
Murder of Polonius
A trustworthy, earnest scholar…
Horatio
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
Gertrude
The cause of conflict between Denmark and Norway...
Death of King Fortinbras
To whom Hamlet admits he is not always crazy by saying, “I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.”
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
The reason Hamlet does not kill Claudius during his prayer...
Wants Claudius to go to Hell
Hired by Claudius to spy on Hamlet...
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
“To thine own self be true.”
Polonius
Where Hamlet wants to go after Claudius’s coronation…
Wittenberg (school in Germany)
The title of the play that Hamlet has chosen to be performed...
“The Murder of Gonzago”
Whom Hamlet reaches an understanding with at the end of Act 3…
Gertrude
A consistent victim in the play, undeserving of such misfortunes...
Ophelia
“Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.”
Hamlet
Hamlet’s chief cause for anguish in Act 1 Scene 2…
Mother’s hasty marriage
What the actor can do that makes Hamlet upset...
Cry
Reason for Gertrude to question Hamlet’s claim that he is feigning madness…
He speaks to a ghost she cannot see
An honorable, loyal character who warns that Hamlet should be “feared”...
Laertes
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”
Marcellus
The name of the kingdom in Denmark…
Elsinore
Where Claudius is sending Hamlet...
England
Why Claudius cannot pray for forgiveness...
He is unwilling to relinquish his “winnings”