Characters in Hamlet means act 3, scene 1, line 55. References to the First Quarto and First Folio are marked "Hamlet "Q1"" and "Hamlet "F1"", respectively, and are taken from the Arden Shakespeare "Hamlet: the texts of 1603 and 1623" (Thompson and Taylor, 2006b). Their referencing system for "Q1" has no act breaks, so 7.115 means scene 7, line 115. Characters in Hamlet What follows is an overview of the main characters in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", followed by a list and summary of the minor characters from the play. Three different early versions of the play survive: known as the First Quarto ("Q1"),
Characters of Shakespear's Plays weakness is made to undermine his strength. Hazlitt often focuses, as well, on specific traits by comparing the characters not to those of real life but to characters in Shakespeare's other plays, comparing, for example, Iago with Edmund in "King Lear". His interest in the art of drama emerges even more obviously when he compares Iago with the villainous character Zanga in Edward Young's "The Revenge" (1721), still a popular play in Hazlitt's day. For Hazlitt, "Othello" is especially notable for the interplay between the characters, and the way Shakespeare communicates the slow and gradual "movement of passion [...] the