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| Fortinbras | Hamlet |
Fortinbras is the name of two minor fictional character from William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.
The most notable is a Norwegian crown prince with a few brief scenes in the play, who delivers the final lines that represent a hopeful future for...
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| Guildenstern | Hamlet | |||
| Rosencrantz | Hamlet | |||
| Cornelius | Hamlet | |||
| Voltemand | Hamlet | |||
| Francisco | Hamlet | |||
| Barnardo | Hamlet | |||
| Marcellus | Hamlet | |||
| Horatio | Hamlet |
Horatio is a character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. A friend of Prince Hamlet from Wittenberg University, Horatio's origins are unknown, though he is evidently poor, and was present on the battlefield when Hamlet's father defeated 'the...
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| Reynaldo | Hamlet | |||
| Ophelia |
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Art Subject | Hamlet |
Ophelia is a fictional character in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and sweetheart of Prince Hamlet.
A possible historical source for Ophelia is Katherine...
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| Laertes |
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Fictional Character | Hamlet |
Laertes is a character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. His name is apparently taken from the father of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. Laertes is the son of Polonius and the brother of Ophelia. In the final scene, he kills Hamlet with a poisoned...
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| Polonius |
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Fictional Character | Hamlet |
Polonius is a character from William Shakespeare's Hamlet. The character is best known for uttering the immortal words: "To thine own self be true," as well as a few other phrases still in use today such as "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" and ...
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| King Hamlet |
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Fictional Character | Hamlet |
King Hamlet is a character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, also known as The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. He should not be confused with his son, Prince Hamlet, who is the central figure of the play. In the dramatis personae, King...
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| Gertrude |
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Fictional Character | Hamlet |
In William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Gertrude is Hamlet's mother and Queen of Denmark. Her relationship with Hamlet is somewhat turbulent, since he resents her for marrying her husband's brother Claudius after he murdered the King (his father, King...
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| King Claudius | Fictional Character | Hamlet |
King Claudius is a fictional character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. He is the brother to King Hamlet, second husband to Gertrude and uncle to Hamlet. He obtained the throne by murdering his own brother with poison and then marrying the...
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| Hamlet (legend) |
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Person Or Being In Fiction | Hamlet |
Hamlet is a striking figure in Scandinavian romance and the hero of Shakespeare's tragedy, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
The chief authority for the legend of Hamlet is Saxo Grammaticus, who devotes to it parts of the third and fourth books of his...
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| Joseph - Servant of Petruchio | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Nathaniel - Servant of Petruchio | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Curtis - Servant of Petruchio | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Grumio - Servant of Petruchio | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Biondello - Servant of Lucentio | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Tranio - Servant of Lucentio | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Hortensio - Suitor of Bianca | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Gremio - Elderly Suitor of Bianca | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Lucentio - Suitor of Bianca | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Bianca - Sister of Kate | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Petruchio | The Taming of the Shrew |
Petruchio (also spelled Petruccio) is the primary male character in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
Romeo and Juliet also includes a Petruchio (a bit role or a ghost character, depending on the source) who is one of Tybalt's...
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| Kate | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Vincentio - Father of Lucentio | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Baptista Minola | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Bartholomew - A Page | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Christopher Sly - Tinker | The Taming of the Shrew | |||
| Maria | The Tamer Tamed | |||
| Jean-Francois Millet | Fictional Character | Is He Dead? |
Jean-Francois Millet is a fictional character in Mark Twain's play "Is He Dead?", named after the famous French painter of the same name.
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| Medea |
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Art Subject | Medea |
Medea (, Mēdeia) in Greek mythology was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun Helios, and later wife to Jason. In Euripides' play Medea, Jason leaves Medea when Creon, King of Corinth, offers him his...
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