HAMLET Act I Scene II

Characters

-          King Claudius

-          Queen Gertrude

-          Hamlet

-          Polonius

-          Laertes

-          Voltimand

-          Cornelius

-          Lords

-          Attendants

Setting

-          A room of state in the castle

-Not long since King Hamlet died

-Gertrude was Hamlet’s wife (queen)

-When Hamlet died, his wife (queen) was removed from throne

-When Claudius became king, she married Claudius and returned to the throne

-“Not so, my Lord; I am too much i’ the sun.” This was Hamlet’s first line of the play

-Hamlet keeps his cool when Claudius insults him

-Claudius insults him for mourning for his father

-Hamlet is angered of the environment he is in

-Hamlet hates his own mother for marrying her husband’s own brother after the love given by her ex-husband

-Hamlet= all around character, intelligent, and well-aware