Hamlet - Characters II Flashcards

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laertes

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  • is a foil to hamlet because he is aggressive and decisive
  • foil that exposes more about hamlet as a character
  • has no plan
  • rash
  • a little too obsessed with his sister
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ophelia

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  • has no power
  • driven mad by all the pushing from other characters
  • commits suicide by drowning
  • powerless
  • struggled as a woman
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polonius

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  • round character
  • made for comic relief
  • good and bad character
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rosencrantz and guildenstern

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  • only exist together

- powerless

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horatio

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  • trusted companion to hamlet
  • acts as the voice of the audience
  • tells hamlet’s legacy at end of play
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fortinbras

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  • rash foil to hamlet who helps develop hamlet

- illustrates what hamlet could have been and illustrates hamlet’s development

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ghost

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  • exists to drive hamlet; acts as the inciting incident
  • questionable trustworthiness
  • some people think the ghost’s words aren’t actually words but are hamlets deep thoughts
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answers

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  • (controls Ophelia) hamlet, laertes, and polonius
  • passive (ophelia)
  • constant pressure being put on her
  • polonius
  • when he hears his fathers death
  • she doesn’t fight her death
  • foil
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