Hamlet
HamletWilliam ShakespeareStaged
Characters in Hamlet
30 characters, main characters first.Antagonists
Claudius
Hamlet's uncle, who murdered the king and took the throne.
Supporting characters
Prince Hamlet
King Hamlet's Ghost
Ophelia
Polonius
Laertes
Polonius's son, whose own thirst for vengeance mirrors Hamlet's.
Horatio
Countess Gertrude
Queen of Denmark, Hamlet's mother, remarried to Claudius shortly after her first husband's death.
Horatio
Marcellus
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Fortinbras
Bernardo
Francisco
Reynaldo
Osric
Voltimand
Cornelius
Laertes
Marcellus
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Fortinbras
Bernardo
Francisco
Reynaldo
Osric
Voltimand
Cornelius
Ophelia
Minor characters
Yorick