Match the description that best fits him or her to the character.

1. Considers appearances more important than quality of character

2. Weak rather than evil

3. Simple, innocent, obedient

4. Achieved balance between emotion and reason

5. no-to-be-trusted friends

6. A young Dane who jumps to conclusions and makes resolutions rashly

7. Shrewd, practical, and materialistic

8. Intelligent and idealistic

A) Claudius

B) Gertrude

C) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

D) Polonius

E) Ophelia

F) Horatio

G) Laertes

H) Hamlet

1. Considers appearances more important than quality of character - D. Polonius

2. Weak rather than evil - B. Gertrude

3. Simple, innocent, obedient - E. Ophelia

4. Achieved balance between emotion and reason - F. Horatio

5. no-to-be-trusted friends - C. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

6. A young Dane who jumps to conclusions and makes resolutions rashly - H. Hamlet

7. Shrewd, practical, and materialistic - A. Claudius

8. Intelligent and idealistic - G. Laertes

1. Polonius is a shallow man, who doesn't really care about what people are like, as long as they behave according to his own standards

2. Gertrude is not evil - she is just easily manipulated into committing bad things

3. Ophelia is also easily manipulated, but because she is so good and kind she doesn't believe evil exists, and when she finds out, she kills herself

4. Horatio is the wisest character in the play, one of the rare ones who actually survives

5. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ultimately betray their "best friend" Hamlet

6. Hamlet doesn't really think anything through, he just acts on a whim

7. Claudius is a smart man, driven by his materialistic need for money and power, and wants to rule the kingdom

8. Laertes wanted to change the world, but ended up killing Hamlet and dying himself