| A | B |
|---|
| Hamlet | Prince of Denmark; home from university; saw images of his father's ghost |
| Claudius | Hamlet's uncle; killed Hamlet's father; married Gertrude |
| Gertrude | Hamlet's mother; married Claudius |
| Polonius | Chamberlain to King Claudius; father of Ophelia and Laertes |
| Ophelia | daughter of Polonius; in love with Hamlet |
| Laertes | son of Polonius; brother to Ophelia |
| Horatio | Hamlet's best friend |
| Rosencrantz and Guildenstern | childhood friends of Hamlet; summoned to court by King Claudius; ordered to accompany Hamlet to England |
| Fortinbras | Prince of Norway; his father was killed by Hamlet's father |
| Ghost | King Hamlet's ghost; wants his son to avenge his death |
