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Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare and is eulogised in a fourth. His significance as a fully developed character is primarily formed in the plays Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, where he is a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V of England.
The Player King, like Hamlet, is an erratic melancholic; like King Hamlet, his character in The Murder of Gonzago is poisoned via his ear while reclining in his orchard. The Player Queen, like Ophelia, attends to a character in The Murder of Gonzago that is "so far from cheer and from [a] former state"; like Gertrude, she remarries a regicide.
Old Hamlet is the father of the title character in Hamlet. His ghost appears to exhort Hamlet to revenge Old Hamlet's murder by Claudius. An Old Lady (fict) is a rather worldly friend of Anne Bullen, in Henry VIII. An Old Man is Gloucester's tenant, who helps with his escape, in King Lear.
Hamlet: Prince Hamlet is the central character of Hamlet. He is a prince of Denmark, called on to avenge his father's (Old Hamlet's) murder by Claudius. Old Hamlet is the father of the protagonist in Hamlet. His ghost appears to exhort Hamlet to revenge Old Hamlet's murder by Claudius. Harcourt is a messenger to the king in Henry IV, Part 2.
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Yorick is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. . The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of the man, who apparently played a role during Hamlet's upbringin