English TASKS #2

The major characters in Hamlet can be divided into three family groups:

· The Hamlet group

· Hamlet Sr., who has been dead two months when the play opens

· Hamlet Jr., a university student who returns home for his father's funeral

· Gertrude, the widow of Hamlet Sr., who is now married to Claudius, her dead husband's brother

· Claudius, Hamlet Jr.'s uncle and now his stepfather

· The Polonius family

· Polonius, The Lord Chamberlin, the King's advisor

· Laertes, Polonius' son

· Ophelia, Polonius' daughter and Hamlet's former sweetheart

· The Fortinbras family

· Fortinbras Sr., killed in battle by Hamlet Sr.

· Fortinbras Jr., the king's son

· Old Norway, brother of Fortinbras Sr., and uncle to Fortinbras Jr.