Hamlet's father was also named Hamlet. Throughout the play they may refer to them as "Old Hamlet" and "Young Hamlet," or, in the father's case "Denmark" as a reference to his royalty and the country he ruled.
Ophelia's father is Polonius, who is Claudius' advisor. Polonius is killed by Hamlet when he is hiding behind a tapestry, spying on Hamlet as he talks to his mother, Gertrude. After Polonius' death, Ophelia goes mad and eventually dies after she falls from a tree into a brook and drowns.
His father's name was also hamlet, referred to as king hamlet
However, his step-father, who has married the widowed Queen Gertrude, before the play begins, is called Claudius.
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Claudius, the current King during the play.
Hamlet's father is also named Hamlet.
King Hamlet or The Ghost.
... he's dead
Hamlet senior
From a snakebite when he was asleep in his orchard.
Hamlet's father is murdered by Claudius (Hamlet's uncle).
when hamlet saw his father's ghost, the ghost said that hamlet's uncle (which he was king during that time) put poison in hamlet's father's ear while he was sleeping so he could become king. so it was hamlet's uncle
King Claudius. He's now also his father, sort of. He's a villain.
Hamlet senior
Hamlet's uncle Claudius.
From a snakebite when he was asleep in his orchard.
Hamlets Father
Hamlet's father is murdered by Claudius (Hamlet's uncle).
Hamlet's goal is to avenge his father's murder, by proving his uncle, his new king, and step father as a killer.
when hamlet saw his father's ghost, the ghost said that hamlet's uncle (which he was king during that time) put poison in hamlet's father's ear while he was sleeping so he could become king. so it was hamlet's uncle
King Claudius. He's now also his father, sort of. He's a villain.
Hamlets are small villages or groups of houses.
he sold all of his hamlets,.............................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><><><<><>:<><><><>><><><
Hamlet and Laertes become brothers when Hamlets mom get's married to Laertes's father Cladious.
Uncle Claudius poured poison down his ear while he was sleeping in an orchard