https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps Made with the best of intentions en-us 2020-02-12 18:04:36 UTC 2025-12-09 15:28:50 UTC hello@padlet.com erasmoguerra2002 https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444551776 The Prince of Denmark, the title character, and the protagonist. About thirty years old at the start of the play, Hamlet is the son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet, and the nephew of the present king, Claudius. Hamlet is melancholy, bitter, and cynical, full of hatred for his uncle’s scheming and disgust for his mother’s sexuality. A reflective and thoughtful young man who has studied at the University of Wittenberg, Hamlet is often indecisive and hesitant, but at other times prone to rash and impulsive acts.]]> 2020-02-12 18:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444551776 erasmoguerra2002 https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444552446 he specter of Hamlet’s recently deceased father. The ghost, who claims to have been murdered by Claudius, calls upon Hamlet to avenge him. However, it is not entirely certain whether the ghost is what it appears to be, or whether it is something else. Hamlet speculates that the ghost might be a devil sent to deceive him and tempt him into murder, and the question of what the ghost is or where it comes from is never definitively resolved.]]> 2020-02-12 18:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444552446 erasmoguerra2002 https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444552911 The Lord Chamberlain of Claudius’s court, a pompous, conniving old man. Polonius is the father of Laertes and Ophelia.]]> 2020-02-12 18:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444552911 erasmoguerra2002 https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444553952  The King of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle, and the play’s antagonist. The villain of the play, Claudius is a calculating, ambitious politician, driven by his sexual appetites and his lust for power, but he occasionally shows signs of guilt and human feeling—his love for Gertrude, for instance, seems sincere.]]> 2020-02-12 18:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444553952 erasmoguerra2002 https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444554347  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. Dependent on men to tell her how to behave, she gives in to Polonius’s schemes to spy on Hamlet. Even in her lapse into madness and death, she remains maidenly, singing songs about flowers and finally drowning in the river amid the flower garlands she had gathered.]]> 2020-02-12 18:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444554347 erasmoguerra2002 https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444582674 Polonius’s son and Ophelia’s brother, a young man who spends much of the play in France. Passionate and quick to action, Laertes is clearly a foil for the reflective Hamlet.]]> 2020-02-12 19:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444582674 erasmoguerra2002 https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444949601 Hamlet’s close friend, who studied with the prince at the university in Wittenberg. Horatio is loyal and helpful to Hamlet throughout the play. After Hamlet’s death, Horatio remains alive to tell Hamlet’s story.]]> 2020-02-13 13:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444949601 erasmoguerra2002 https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444956645 he young Prince of Norway, whose father the king (also named Fortinbras) was killed by Hamlet’s father (also named Hamlet). Now Fortinbras wishes to attack Denmark to avenge his father’s honor, making him another foil for Prince Hamlet.]]> 2020-02-13 13:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444956645 erasmoguerra2002 https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444958372 The Queen of Denmark, Hamlet’s mother, recently married to Claudius. Gertrude loves Hamlet deeply, but she is a shallow, weak woman who seeks affection and status more urgently than moral rectitude or truth.]]> 2020-02-13 13:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erasmoguerra2002/vi4socxff9ps/wish/444958372