Hamlet Characters

Question 1

Hamlet

Answer 1

Prince of Denmark 
Protagonist 
30 years old
Universities of wittenburg
Indecisive and hesitant

Question 2

Gertrude

Answer 2

Queen of Denmark
Hamlets mom
Weak

Question 3

Polonius

Answer 3

The lord of chamberlain of Claudius’s court

Father of Laertes and Ophelia

Question 4

Horatio

Answer 4

Hamlets close friend

Loyal and faithful

Question 5

Ophelia

Answer 5

Polonius's daughter 
Laertes brother
Kills herself 
Loved hamlet 
Goes mad

Question 6

Laertes

Answer 6

Spends much of play in France

Plots hamlets death to get revenge on hamlet

Question 7

Fortinbras

Answer 7

Young prince of Norway, his father was killed by hamlets father l, he wants to attack Denmark to avenge fathers honor: A FOIL FOR HAMLET

Question 8

The ghost

Answer 8

Hamlets dead father

Question 9

Rosencrantz and guildenstern

Answer 9

Numbing courtiners, former friends of hamlet

Sent to spy on him

Question 10

Osric

Answer 10

Foolish courtier who summons Hamlet to his duel with Laertes

Question 11

Marcellus and Bernardo

Answer 11

Officers who first see the ghost

Question 12

Reynaldo

Answer 12

Polonius’s servant, sent to spy on Laertes

Question 13

Claudius

Answer 13

The kind of Denmark, Hamlets uncle, plays protagonist. Driven by sexual appetite and lust for power. Shows some signs of guilt