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Character Analysis

- Hamlet
- Minor Characters
- Ophelia
- Fortinbras
- Polonius
- Laertes
- Horatio
- Claudius
- The Ghost
- Gertrude
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

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- Revenge, action, and inaction
- Mortality, humanity, and fate
- Appearance and reality
- Imagery
- Women and sex
- Surveillance and trust
- Religion

Hamlet

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Nutshell Summary

Character Analysis

- Hamlet
- Minor Characters
- Ophelia
- Fortinbras
- Polonius
- Laertes
- Horatio
- Claudius
- The Ghost
- Gertrude
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Quote Bank

- Revenge, action, and inaction
- Mortality, humanity, and fate
- Appearance and reality
- Imagery
- Women and sex
- Surveillance and trust
- Religion

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is the central character of this Shakespearean tragedy. He is the son of the recently murdered King Hamlet, and of Queen Gertrude. While he was away studying at Wittenberg University, his uncle Claudius had hastily married Gertrude to become King of Denmark.

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