Hamlet Character Tree
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1English III & IV DC
Davenport / Foss
Denmark’s Family Trees
The Hamlet Family
Gertrude
Claudius
Old Hamlet
st
nd
1
marriage
2
marriage
Queen of
Current King of
Deceased King
Denmark
Denmark and brother
of Denmark
of Old Hamlet
-- returns as ghost in Act I
Hamlet
Prince of Denmark
Recently returned
from Wittenberg
The Polonius Family
Polonius
Claudius’
Head Advisor
Laertes
Ophelia
- leaves for school in
Hamlet’s girlfriend
France in Act I
-- ordered not to see
Hamlet anymore in ACT I
Hamlet’s Friends
Horatio
Rosencrantz &
-- true and loyal friend; the
Guildenstern
Hamlet
guards standing watch first
-- childhood friends of
tell him about the ghost.
Hamlet; they will act as spies
for Claudius
The Norwegians
Old Fortinbras
Old Fortinbras’
dec. King of Norway
Brother
-- killed by Old Hamlet in battle
- Denmark won the war.
-- present King of Norway
Fortinbras
-- wants revenge his father’s
death. In Act I he has
gathered an army
and has been
attacking the borders of Denmark.
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