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Hamlet
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hamlet | prince of denmark, main character |
| the ghost | good or evil spirit, looks like hamlets father |
| claudius | hamlets uncle and married to gertrude, king of denmark |
| gertrude | hamlets mother and the queen |
| horatio | hamlets friend, trustworthy |
| fortinbras | prince of norway, hamlets father killed the norway king, against denmark, both hamlet and he, has uncles that both become king |
| polonius | father of ophelia, hamlets girl friend, the blame for his fathers death |
| ophelia | hamlets girl friend, laertes sister |
| laertes | son of polonius/ brother of laertes, he is being spied on, shares alot in common with hamlet |
| aside. remark/passage by a character, audience knows, not the characters soliloquy. speaking their thoughts out loud monologue. lengthy speech |