ELA B30 AP - Hamlet Proper Nouns
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Hamlet
prince of Denmark; tragic hero
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King Hamlet
Hamlet’s father; Gertrude’s first husband
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Fortinbras
former king of Norway; defeated by King Hamlet
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Young Fortinbras
prince of Norway; foil to Hamlet
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Old Norway
Fortinbras’ uncle
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Horatio
Hamlet’s one true friend
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Wittenberg
university in Germany
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Gertrude
Hamlet’s mother; King Hamlet’s former wife and Claudius’ new wife
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Claudius
King of Denmark; Gertrude’s second husband; Hamlet’s uncle; a snake
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Yorick
King Hamlet’s jester; died years ago
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Hamlet’s childhood friends; sponges
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Polonius
Claudius’ advisor; the Lord Chamberlain; father of Laertes and Ophelia
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Laertes
Ophelia’s brother; Polonius’ son; foil to Hamlet
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Ophelia
Laertes’ sister; Polonius’ daughter; Hamlet’s love interest
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Elsinore
setting of the play; location of Danish palace
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Reynaldo
Polonius’ house servant; spies on and tell lies about Laertes in France
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Voltimand and Cornelius
Danish ambassadors
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Osric
Claudius’ jester; mirrors Polonius
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Francisco, Bernardo, and Marcellus
Danish guards; saw the ghost of King Hamlet
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Lamond
French gentleman; praises Laertes as a master in fencing
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Achilles
former king of Troy; killed by Priam who discovers his one weakness (King Hamlet)
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Arras
French city well known for its tapestries
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Gonzago
a play’s namesake; Lucianus’ uncle; murdered by his nephew
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Hercules
Greek hero; performed twelve incredible labours; renowned for great strength
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Hyperion
god of the sun
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Jephthah
biblical judge; sacrificed his daughter to fulfill an oath to God
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Lethe
river of forgetfulness
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Niobe
Queen of Thebes; punished for boasting; loses her fourteen children
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Troy (Ilium)
kingdom of Priam (Denmark)
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Priam
king of Troy; Hecuba’s husband (Claudius)
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Pyrrhus
Achilles’ son; avenges his father and kills Priam (Hamlet)
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Hecuba
queen of Troy; Priam’s wife; mourns his death (Gertrude)
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Roscius
famous Roman actor in Julius Caesar’s time
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Lucianus
Gonzago’s nephew; murders his uncle
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Vulcan
god of blacksmiths
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Hymen
god of marriage
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Hecate
goddess of witchcraft
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Damon
a loyal friend in Greek mythology
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Nero
Roman emperor; rumoured to have murdered his mother
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Mercury
messenger of the gods
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Jove
supreme god (Zeus; Niobe’s husband)
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Mars
god of war
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Mount Olympus
home of the gods
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Claudio
sailor who gave a messenger letters from Hamlet to deliver to Claudius
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Yaughan
tavern-keeper near the Globe Theatre; First Gravedigger sends Second there
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Pelion and Ossa
high mountains in Greece
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