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* SecretKeeper: Swore an oath with Hamlet concerning the Ghost of Old Hamlet.
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* {{Wangst}}: Pretty much his FatalFlaw.
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* {{Wangst}}: Pretty much How he seems at first and how most people perceive him but then you think, "Wait, his FatalFlaw.dad died just under two months ago, his mum's married his shifty uncle and everyone seems fine with all of this and oh yes, his uncle also killed his dad." Wangst? You must be joking.
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* DracoInLeatherPants: He's an AntiHero, '''not''' a straight-up hero.
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* CaptainObvious: His LastWords, if anyone was unsure.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Leading to problems with calculating his age. While he is a student (which at the time wouldn't have put him past his late teens or early twenties), the gravedigger indirectly mentions that he is about thirty. [[PlayingHamlet Real-life casting issues]] may have played a role here.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Leading to problems with calculating his age. While he is a student (which at the time wouldn't have put him past his late teens or early twenties), the gravedigger indirectly mentions that he is about thirty. [[PlayingHamlet [[AgeLift Real-life casting issues]] may have played a role here.
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* ByronicHero Borderline example, but fits.
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* ByronicHero ByronicHero: Borderline example, but fits.
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* ByronicHero Borderline example, but fits.
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* DoubleEntendre: Fond of making these whenever he's around Ophelia.
* DoubleEntendre: Fond of making these whenever he's around Ophelia.
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DeadpanSnarker: Immensely so.
* DoubleEntendre: Fond of makingthese whenever he's these, especially around Ophelia.
* DoubleEntendre: Fond of making
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* DirtyOldMan: How Hamlet sees him.
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* BoisterousBruiser: Sometimes played this way.
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* HotBlooded
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Leading to problems with calculating his age. While he is a student (which at the time wouldn't have put him past his late teens or early twenties), the gravedigger indirectly mentions that he is about thirty. [[PlayingHamlet rela-life Real-life casting issues]] may have played a role here.
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* ChekhovsGunman: He is introduced in the first act and appears briefly in two scenes before departing for most of the play. He returns to play a major role in the final act.
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* AdultChild: Act V Scene I has him said to be If he is indeed 30 and well, read downward.(see writers can't do math), he very much qualifies.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: Leading to problems with calculating his age. While he is a student (which at the time wouldn't have put him past his late teens or early twenties), the gravedigger indirectly mentions that he is about thirty. [[PlayingHamlet rela-life casting issues]] may have played a role here.
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** [[spoiler: Hell, it's debatable if she even DID commit suicide...the text also gives the possibility that Gertrude killed her herself as a sort of MercyKill.]]
** [[spoiler: Hell, it's debatable if she even DID commit suicide...the text also gives the possibility that Gertrude killed her herself as a sort of MercyKill.]]
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* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide. Probably (unless DrivenToSuicide: Probably, unless she was just so insane she didn't take heed to her clothes soaking up water while lying in a river. This is, is all, of course, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation debatable]])]]
** [[spoiler: Hell, it's debatable if she even DID commit suicide...the text also gives the possibility that Gertrude killed her herself as a sort of MercyKill.]]open for debate]]
** [[spoiler: Hell, it's debatable if she even DID commit suicide...the text also gives the possibility that Gertrude killed her herself as a sort of MercyKill.]]
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** [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin That's helpful.]]
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* BrevityIsWit: While [[HypocriticalHumor one of his lines]] is the TropeNamer, Polonius himself averts his advice to spectacular effect.
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* ChristmasCake: When an actress is past her prime, she is said to be "playing Gertrude" (ie: rather than Ophelia).
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Actually comes close to repenting at one point, but he can't make himself give up the kingdom. Instead he gives up any thoughts of atoning and just concentrates on being King.
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* PungeonMaster: An uncommonly melancholy master, but every other word out of his mouth is a DoubleEntrendre or StealthInsult.
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* PungeonMaster: An uncommonly melancholy master, but every other word out of his mouth is a DoubleEntrede or StealthInsult.
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** In the 2008 RSC version, with basically everybody to some degree.
