is meant for Hamlet, and dies. Laertes and Hamlet are injured badly and Laertes tells Hamlet about Claudius' plot. Hamlet then kills Claudius and he himself dies.
             This play is written from the first person perspective Hamlet being the protagonist. It is in recent perspective in the present tense. There are shifts in the play, from character to character.
             Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark. His father had recently died and his mother remarries within weeks of the King's death. He found out that his father has been murdered and he seeks revenge on the murderer, Claudius.
             "Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned, bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, be thy intents wicked or charitable, thou com'st in such a questionable shape that I will speak to thee." (Shakespeare, Pg.25-26)
             Hamlet is first words with the ghost. Hamlet asks if he's a good or bad ghost and his intentions, good or bad.
             Claudius is the present King of Denmark and he is Hamlet's uncle. He murdered his brother and married the Queen, his sister in law, in order to take the throne. He is devious and manipulative.
             "Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's death the memory be green, and that it us befitted to bear our hearts in grief..." (Shakespeare, Pg.10)
             Claudius pays his respects to the late king.
             Gertrude is the Queen of Denmark and Hamlet's mother. She is a foolish, shallow, and weak willed person. She dies in the end by drinking poisoned wine that was meant for Hamlet.
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