Who's Who?

In order of appearance:

• Polonius - Laertes' and Ophelia's father; is concerned that Hamlet's sadness and weird actions are caused by Ophelia's forced lack of interest in him; he reveals to Claudius and Gertrude why Hamlet is so upset and comes up with a plan to prove to them that Hamlet lusts after Ophelia; talks way too much
• Reynaldo - Polonius' servant; is sent to Paris to spy on Laertes' personal life
• Ophelia - Hamlet's "lover;" is forced by her father to ignore Hamlet 
• King Claudius - Hamlet's uncle/step father; murdered King Hamlet by way of poison; agrees with Polonius to try his plan; still unaware that Hamlet knows the truth
• Queen Gertrude - widow/Hamlet's mother; concerned of Hamlet's strange mood; seems pretty oblivious as far as a mother goes
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - friends of Hamlet; are sent by the king and queen to investigate Hamlet's strange mood 
• Voltemand and Cornelius - ambassadors; reveal to the king and queen that Fortinbras will no longer call war on Denmark, but is instead suggested to use his army to attack the Poles; request that Fortinbras' army allowed safe passage through Denmark to get to the Poles.   
• Hamlet - Prince of Denmark; still upset about his father's death and seems to be confused as to whether to kill his uncle, possibly because he is unsure whether the ghost is good or bad and doesn't want to go to hell if it is a bad ghost; is upset over the fact that an actor can portray more emotion in a character that he doesn't even connect with, but he is unable to take action about Claudius; he devises a plan to have Claudius watch a play closely resembled to what Claudius did to King Hamlet to prove he murdered his brother; bitter over his lack of vengeance. 

xoxo, Kara