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CHARACTERS IN HAMLET
- 1. NAME : ShrantiSitaram Hake Class : M . A -2ND ROLL NO:3057 SUB : Drama in English Paper :3.4 College : S . M . Joshi College , Hadapsar Characters in HAMLET
- 2. HAMLET -William Shakespeare Introduction : •Written . About 1602 • One of the “world books”. • One of the greatest tragedies. • Most popular play in English literature. • Highly interesting . • Remarkable characters.
- 3. About Author WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: •Life spnan:1564-1616 • Greatest men of genius. • Bulk & richness of plays. • Eternal source of delight & knowledge for 4 centuries. • Works existed even after 400 years. • 37 dramas,2 long poems & 154 sonnets. • Emperor of the realm literature.
- 4. Characters Hamlet King HamletGertrude Claudius Polonius Laertes Ophelia Horatio Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Marcellus & Bernardo Reynaldo Osric Voltimand & Cornelius Francisco The Clowns Fortinbrass
- 5. Hamlet • Hero –thePrince of Denmark. • Student at Wittenberg university. • He is son to the late King Hamlet. • And also nephew to the present King Claudius. • Disturbed by his father’s death. • Faced with evidence that his uncle murdered his father.
- 6. • Behaves rashlyand impulsively. • Extremely disappointed with his mother for marrying his uncle. • Desires to see Claudius pay for his crime • He is in love with Ophelia. • Extremely philosophical and contemplative. • He accepts the duel with Laertes . • Finally kills Claudius. • And dies as wounded in a fencing match.
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- 8. King Hamlet • Ex-Kingof Denmark. • Father of Hamlet. • Killed by his brother. • Appears as ghost in the beginning. • Asks Hamlet for revenge. • Plays no active role.
- 9. Conversation of Ghostwith Hamlet.
- 10. Gertrude • The beautifulQueen of Denmark. • King Hamlet's widow. • Married Claudius recently. • Mother to Hamlet. • Loves Hamlet deeply . • Shallow deep woman who seeks affection and status more urgently than moral rectitude or truth. • Thinks only about her body and external pleasures. • Finally dies as drinks poisonous wine by mistake.
- 11. Claudius • Present Kingof Denmark. • Calculating & ambitious politician • Uncle of Hamlet. • Has killed Hamlets father and married his mother. • Villain of the play. • Finally killed by Hamlet.
- 12. Murder of KingHamlet
- 13. Polonius • The LordChamberlain of Claudius’s court. • Father of Laertes and Ophelia. • Warns Ophelia to keep away from Hamlet. • He is knowing in retrospect, and ignorant in foresight. • Killed by Hamlet by mistake.
- 14. Laertes • Polonius’s son. •Ophelia’s brother. • Student at the University of Paris. • Affects so much by the death of his father and sister. • Claudius uses him for his purpose. • Challenges Hamlet for fencing match. • Reveals truth about Claudius and dies in match at end.
- 15. Ophelia • Tragic heroine. • Polonius’s daughter. • A sweet and innocent young girl, who obeys her father and her brother, Laertes. • A beautiful young woman with whom Hamlet has been in love. • Dependent on men to tell her how to behave.
- 16. • Dual natureof women in the play. • Affects badly by her fathers death. • Becomes insane. • Commits suicide by drowning. • Sympathetic figure.
- 17. Condition of Ophelia Opheliagoes mad Ophelia dies
- 18. Horatio • Hamlet’s closefriend. • Studied with the prince at the university in Wittenberg. • Loyal and helpful to Hamlet throughout the play. • Remains alive to tell Hamlet’s story.
- 19. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern •Two slightly bumbling courtiers. • Former friends of Hamlet from Wittenberg. • Corrupted by the King. • Were asked to discover the cause of Hamlet’s strange behavior.
- 20. Marcellus & Bernardo •Officers on guard at the castle of Elsinore. • See the ghost first. • And then with Horatio.
- 21. Reynaldo • Polonius’s servant. •Sentto France by Polonius to check up on and spy on Laertes.
- 22. Osric •A young courtierat Claudius’s court. •Appointed as an Umpire of the fencing match of Laertes and Hamlet .
- 23. Voltimand & Cornelius •Courtiers whom Claudius sends to Norway to persuade the king to prevent Fortinbras from attacking.
- 24. Francisco •Francisco is aguard at Elsinore. He is slightly depressed, or at least unhappy about having to work cold nights
- 25. The Clowns • Comiccharacters: First Clown (Gravedigger) • The First Clown is a gravedigger. He is convinced that Ophelia ought to be considered a suicide. • He is a joking fellow who sings as he digs, is much given to wordplay, and is proud of his profession.
- 26. Second Clown (Gravedigger) •The Second Clown is the first gravedigger’s straight man. • He is aware that when it comes down to it, Ophelia is only being properly buried because of her rank.
- 27. Fortinbrass • Prince ofNorway. • A warlike young man with energy to spend. • He intends to revenge his father, Old Fortinbras. • His father old Fortinbrass was killed in a duel with Old Hamlet and thereby lost some Norwegian lands to Denmark
- 28. • Restrained fromdoing so by his uncle the king of Norway, he invades Poland instead, to capture a useless little plot of land. • This greatly impresses Hamlet. • On his return, he passes through Denmark, and happens to arrive just as everyone dies. • Since the entire royal family of Denmark is dead, he claims the throne on the basis of some old connection, Hamlet having already spoken in his favor
- 29. Minor characters • TheEnglish Ambassadors • The players (actors in “The Mouse Trap” play) • A Gentle man • A Priest • A Captain • Lords • Ladies • Soldiers • Sailors • Servants & Messangers
- 30. Conclusion •Thus, Hamlet’s characterare quite interesting and has variations in them. •Major characters are suffered from huge tragedy.
- 31. Thank you! For yourATTENTION. Any questions please?