Hamlet
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- Main character
- Wants to avenge his dead father by killing Claudius
- In order to fool everyone, he decides to act insane / mad throughout the play
- Tragic ending: death
- Pretends to be mad / putting on an "antic disposition"
- Mocks Polonius, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia
- Shows true side to Horatio
- Tells him to keep an eye on Claudius to see if he shows any sign of him being guilty during the Mousetrap
- Tells Horatio that he has accepted death during the end of the play & wants Horatio to tell everyone his story
- Delays his action
- Procrastinates every time he has a chance to act
- Sane and observant
- Notices how Claudius & Polonius & Rosencrantz & Guilderstern are spying on him
- Wants to find out the truth from everyone
- Admires Horatio & Fortinbras
- With a world with corruption, he only looks up to those people
- Accepts death at the end
- Finds the world / Denmark corrupted
- Disgusted by Gertrude & Claudius' hasty incestuous marriage
- Knows the truth of Claudius killing Hamlet's father
- Loves the actors & theatre