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1. Hitesh Galthariya
Class :- M.A. SEM 1
Roll no :- 10
Topic :- Character of Ophelia & Gertrude in Hamlet
Paper No :- 1
Enrollment No :- PG14101011
Year :- 2014-2015
Submitted :- S.B.Gardi English department
M.K. Bhavnagar University.
E-Mail :- hiteshgalthariya26@gmail.com

2. Character of HAMLET Drama
• Full tittle : The Tragedy of Hamlet,
Prince of Denmark
• Author : William Shakespeare
• Type of work : Play
• Genre : Tragedy
• Language : English

3. William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a play, written by
William Shakespeare. It is one of his best-known plays. The play
is often just called Hamlet.

4. Story of Hamlet
The main story of Hamlet is a Danish prince
whose uncle murdered the prince's father,
married his mother, and claimed the throne. The
prince pretended to be feeble-minded to trap his
uncle, then killed his uncle in revenge.

5. SETTING
Kronborg Castel, Elsinore, Denmark
The story takes place in the
country of Denmark (Kingdom
of Denmark) in the late
medieval period.

6. Hamlet Character’s
Horatio
Hamlet’s
close
friend
Laertes
Polonius’s
son and
Ophelia’s
brother
Fortinbras
The young
Prince of
Norway
Hamlet
The prince
of
Denmark
Claudius
Hamlet’s
uncle and
stepfather,
Gertrude’s
husband
Polonius
Father of
Laertes
and
Ophelia

7. CHARACTER AND CHARACTERIZATION
Ophelia Gertrude

8. Ophelia
• Polonius's daughter, a beautiful young
woman with whom Hamlet has been in
love. Ophelia is a sweet and innocent
young girl, who obeys her father and
her brother, Laertes.

9.  Gertrude
• The Queen of Denmark, Hamlet's mother,
widow of Old Hamlet and recently married
to Claudius. Gertrude loves Hamlet deeply,
but she is a weak woman who seeks
affection and status rather than moral
rectitude or truth.