1. King
Claudius- Claudius was continuously
depicted as the antagonist, due to his actions. He has portrayed himself to be the top dog, the
almighty powerful ruler. However, when the play was performed, and Claudius saw
that the plot of the play was based on the true events of him murdering the
late King Hamlet, he freaked out and became very grief stricken! These features
proved to Hamlet that Claudius was the murderer of the late King Hamlet.
2. Hamlet-
In Act 3 Hamlet comes off as a little bit mad himself; it
seems that he is so intelligent and wise that he is on a whole other level then
everyone else. He is trying to be portrayed as crazy so that he can ultimately resolve
the unending question: Did Claudius kill the late King Hamlet or not? Hamlet is
depicted throughout this act as very ridiculing. He is very harsh to Ophelia in
the first scene; however, his mood changes towards her while they are both
watching the play and is more playful/teasing towards her. The depiction of
Hamlet being portrayed as ridiculing is continued throughout scene 4 when he is
scolding his mother about her poor actions. Also, Hamlet killed Polonius, and
that is a side of him we haven’t seen before.
3. Gertrude- Shakespeare
was writing during the time when women were seen as very weak with no say. Gertrude is depicted
as a reasonable and well off individual, but Hamlet conveys that she has
committed a great mistake because she married his uncle. Hamlet continually
explains to Gertrude that she is a horrible woman for accepting Claudius. It is
evident that Gertrude is oblivious to the immoral act committed by Claudius,
but because Hamlet knows, he cannot allow his mother to live with such a
horrible man. Gertrude is portrayed as being submissive to those around her.
She is easily persuaded by both Claudius and Hamlet; causing her to become
confused. Shakespeare attempts to convince the audience that Gertrude cannot
form her own opinions as she relies on others to do so for her.
4. Ophelia-
It is still apparent that Ophelia still has feelings for
Hamlet, although she is placed as bait so they can tell if Hamlet is crazy out
of love or not. She did not appear that much in Act 3 that much other than in
scene 1. It appeared that she was a bit upset when he was professing how he
felt towards her. She responded to him, in what seemed like a childish tone,
when he told her that he did not love her nor had he ever. At the very end of
scene 1 Ophelia became vulnerable professing how she prayed Hamlet got better
for everyone’s sake. However, their mood towards each other changed in the
scene 2 when Hamlet was playfully teasing her about sex with him throughout the
play.
5. Polonius-
He was very conniving, setting Ophelia as bait in order
to prove the reason of Hamlet’s insanity. Since Polonius was very nosy, it
resulted in his death. Hamlet stabbed the curtain, thinking it was Claudius;
however, it was really Polonius. It appeared that Polonius was always in the
middle of everything, and wanted to see Hamlet’s fall; however, he died
instead.
6. Rosencrantz
& Guildenstern-
These two characters appear to be two
of Hamlets really good friends; however, Hamlet claims in this act that he does
not trust these two at all. The reason is because they would go and tell the
king if he said anything out of place. Hamlet was also, supposed to go to England
with these two in order to fulfill a wish of King Claudius’.
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